what is primary purpose of the passage
Dear experts could you please explain what is primary purpose of below passage?
Many philosophers disagree over the definition of morality, but most disputants fall into one of two categories: egocentrics, who define morality as the pursuit of self-fulfilment, and socio-centrics, who define morality as an individual’s obligations to society. Where does the truth lie? Fortunately, the stem of the word “morality “provides some clues. The word “mores” originally referred to the customs of preliterate cultures. Mores, which embodied each culture’s ideal principles for governing every citizen, were developed in the belief that the foundation of a community lies in the cultivation of individual powers to be placed in service to the community. These mores were concerned with such skills as food-gathering and warfare as well as an individual’s relationships with others. Thus, “morality” must be concerned with what is honoured the community at large. However, self-fulfilment is important to morality because unfulfilled citizens, no matter how virtuous, cannot perform the duties morality assigns them.
a) Summarize the argument
b) resolve the dispute
c) Trace a word’s origin
d) prove a hypothesis
e) initiate a debate
Hi Akh,
The primary purpose of the author is the resolve a dispute. The author introduces a dispute and then resolved it with his own point of view.
even I thought that that “b ” is correct choice but in Crackverbal Practice passage 4 it is given as option “C”. Still I am not able to get how can it be option C.
Hi Team,
Can you pls clarify if the answer is indeed “to resolve a dispute” and not ” Trace a word’s origin” as given in the Online course passage 4 Question 1. Could you pls correct the answer there ?