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Honest Fear
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
- CRIMINAL1
Example wrong choices
19289_peters_cafe_vigil · CRIMINAL · Choice AYes, because Timothy had threatened him in the past.
Why it's attractive
Past threats don't justify current force.
Why it's wrong
Past threats don't justify current force.
19289_peters_cafe_vigil · CRIMINAL · Choice BYes, because self-defense depends only on Peter's honest fear.
Why it's attractive
Fear must be honest AND reasonable.
Why it's wrong
Fear must be honest AND reasonable.
19289_peters_cafe_vigil · CRIMINAL · Choice DNo, because self-defense is never available in homicide cases.
Why it's attractive
Self-defense can justify homicide.
Why it's wrong
Self-defense can justify homicide.
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