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P: If morality is not a question of behavior, then it is one of intention and there can be no true judgment of good or evil.

(A): (There can be no true judgment of good and evil.)

(A): (There can be true judgment of good and evil.)

C: It follows that morality is a question of behavior, and not intention.
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This would be a great question if you were testing for a parallel flaw. But the argument as posed is fallacious. A--> B and C, not C therefore not A. This is the valid template. The question proposes A--> B and C , not C therefore not A and not B -- an invalid argument structure. We only know that morality is a question of behavior if we adopt the credited assumption.

I think what the question writer was going for was more along the lines of a premise like "If morality is not a question of behavior, then it is one of intention and if it is one of intention there can be no true judgment of good or evil. That would be the A-->B--->C formulation, which would validly yield the conclusion presented in this question.

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Yep, I agree. I'll have that edited. Thanks Zip!