Alter Ego Majority Confusion
This trap appears as a wrong-answer choice in 1 active question. Spotting how it is built is the repair: read each example's “why it's attractive” before the “why it's wrong.”
Subject distribution
- Criminal Law1
Example wrong choices
19336_nativity_warehouse_rescue · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice AYes, but only if Timothy asked Ruth to intervene.
Why it's attractive
It sells the cognitive move that a bystander should wait for permission before using force. The breaker is that majority defense of others requires reasonable necessity, not a request.
Why it's wrong
Adds a request requirement not present in the majority defense-of-others rule.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the rule says request, relationship, or reasonable necessity.
19336_nativity_warehouse_rescue · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice CNo, because Daniel actually had the right to use force, making Ruth’s intervention unjustified.
Why it's attractive
It sells the hidden-truth move: Daniel really was justified, so Ruth should lose. The breaker is that the call selects the majority reasonable-appearance rule, not the alter-ego rule.
Why it's wrong
Uses the alter-ego actual-rights frame instead of the majority reasonable-appearance frame.
Spot it next time
Name the axis: majority reasonable appearance versus actual-rights alter ego.
19336_nativity_warehouse_rescue · CRIMINAL_LAW · Choice DNo, because Ruth did not personally witness Timothy’s earlier attack on Daniel.
Why it's attractive
It sells the idea that Ruth needed the whole history before acting. The breaker is that the majority rule allows action on a reasonable belief from the circumstances she saw.
Why it's wrong
Adds an eyewitness-origin requirement not present in the majority defense-of-others rule.
Spot it next time
Ask whether the answer adds a condition not in the Gold Key.
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