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Question
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Assume that both premises, 'No innocent person should be punished' and 'Socrates is innocent' are true. Then which one of the following options is necessarily true?
Options
It is not proper to punish Socrates.
Socrates should not be punished.
Socrates is not punished.
Socrates may not be punished.
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Solution
Socrates should not be punished.
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