Hi SwanQueen!
Careful with your conditional diagramming here. Remember that "only" is a necessary indicator. When you diagram the stimulus, you should see a contrapositive.
Stimulus:
Capture of wild animal justified
Captured as last resort to save the animal's life
Many animals:
Captured as last resort to save the animal's life Capture of wild animal justified
This is a contrapositive.
Answer choice (A):
Only way to reform poor behavior
Punishing a child justified
Only way to reform poor behavior Punishing a child justified
This is a Mistaken Negation.
Answer choice (B):
Child regularly behaves in ways that disturb them
Parents who never punish a child justified in complaining
Many: Parents who never punish a child complain
Parents who complain about their children have no right to complain
This is not a contrapositive. It introduces new terms.
Answer choice (C):
Punishing young child justified
Punishing out of concern for child's future welfare
Many:
Punishing out of concern for child's future welfare Punishing young child justified
This is a contrapositive and therefore matches our stimulus above.
Answer choice (D):
Teacher entitled to punish kid
child's parents have explicitly given the teacher the permission to do so
Many:
Child's parents have explicitly given the teacher the permission to do so Teacher entitled to punish kid
This is also looks like a contrapositive, but as Jeremy discusses above, the conclusion is too broad and it does not speak to motive in the same way that the stimulus and answer choice (C) do.
Answer choice (E):
Society right to punish children for deeds that would be crimes if they were adults
Society right to protect itself from children who are threats
Confinement of such children is not punishment
This is not a contrapositive.
Hope this helps!
Best,
Kelsey
