If the purpose of laws is to contribute to people's happiness, we have a basis for criticizing existing laws as well as proposing new laws. Hence, if that is not the purpose, then we have no basis for the evaluation of existing laws, from which we must conclude that existing laws acquire legitimacy simply because they are the laws.
The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument
(A) takes a sufficient condition for a state of affairs to be a necessary condition for it
(B) infers
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The reasoning in the argument is flawed in that the argument
(A) takes a sufficient condition for a state of affairs to be a necessary condition for it
(B) infers
...
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