Multiple Choice
Identify the best standard-form representation of the argument in the passage:
The passage: "If something doesn't care about its own interests, then there is no
Reason for the rest of us to extend it moral consideration. So, non-conscious organisms (such as plants, mushrooms, microbes, and oysters) don't deserve our moral consideration, since they don't care about their own interests."
A) 1) Non-conscious organisms don't deserve moral consideration.
2) Non-conscious organisms don't care about their own interests.
So, if something doesn't care about its own interests, there's no reason for the rest of us to extend it moral consideration.
B) 1) If something doesn't care about its own interests, there's no reason for the rest of us to extend it moral consideration.
2) Non-conscious organisms don't care about their own interests. So, non-conscious organisms don't deserve moral consideration.
C) 1) If something doesn't care about its own interests, there's no reason for the rest of us to extend it moral consideration.
2) Non-conscious organisms don't deserve moral consideration. So, non-conscious organisms don't care about their own interests.
D) 1) If something doesn't care about its own interests, there's no reason for the rest of us to extend it moral consideration.
2) Plants, mushrooms, microbes and oysters are non-conscious organisms. So, non-conscious organisms don't deserve moral consideration.
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