#18 - Obviously, we cannot in any real sense mistreat plants

[LSATer]

I completely overlooked that "Any" is a sufficient indicator and "Only" represents a necessary indicator. Got it! Thank you!

[kristinajohnson@berkeley.edu]

"Obviously, we cannot in any real sense mistreat plants. Plants do not have nervous systems, and having a nervous system is necessary to experience pain."

Hello, my problem is I read the conclusion to say, not mistreat plants. I don't read the conclusion to say if plants then not mistreat plants. Can someone please explain how this conclusion is conditional?

Thank you.

[Dave Killoran]

Hi Kristina,

Steve's and Robert's explanations on the prior page walk through the conditionality behind the conclusion language here. If those didn't make sense, please let us know what portion was an issue for you.

Thanks!

[Luke Haqq]

Hi kristina!

Try thinking of different ways that you could rephrase the conclusion to mean the same thing as it currently does: "we cannot in any real sense mistreat plants." For example, "plants cannot be mistreated" seems to be an accurate rewording. Another possibility is, "if something is a plant, then it is something we cannot mistreat." A rewording like that allows the sentence to be diagrammed conditionally.