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Which is the best standard-form representation of the following Argument from Principle?
The Makah Tribe is a culture indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. Among many practices special to the Makah is an annual whale hunt, in which men of the tribe set out in cedar canoes to hunt, and hopefully kill, a gray whale. The returning hunters are met with ceremonies and songs, and precise rules govern how the whale is divided up between the families who make up the tribe.
Many American and European environmentalists are especially protective of whales. This has led some environmentalists to criticize the Makah culture for its annual whale hunt. In criticizing Makah whale hunts, environmentalists go too far.
Makah culture views whale hunts as spiritually important and good, and when Makah people head out on a whale hunt, they are doing something their own culture endorses. It is always wrong for a person from one culture to criticize the culturally-sanctioned practices of a person from another culture. It is therefore morally wrong for environmentalists--who are not Makah themselves--to criticize a Makah person for hunting gray whales.


A) 1) When Makah people head out on a whale hunt, they are doing something their own culture endorses.
2) Some environmentalists criticize the Makah culture for its whale hunt.
So, environmentalists who criticize the Makah culture for its whale hunt are going too far.
B) 1) It is always wrong for a person from one culture to criticize the culturally- sanctioned practices of a person from another culture.
2) Environmentalists who criticize Makah whale hunts are criticizing the culturally-sanctioned practices of a person from another culture.
So, it is wrong for environmentalists to criticize Makah whale hunts.
C) 1) It is morally wrong for environmentalists to criticize a Makah person for hunting gray whales.
2) When Makah people head out on a whale hunt, they are doing something their own culture endorses.
So, criticizing Makah whale hunts is going too far.
D) 1) The Makah practice an annual whale hunt.
2) Some environmentalists criticize the Makah culture for its annual whale hunt.
So, it's always wrong for a person from one culture to criticize the culturally- sanctioned practices of a person from another culture.

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