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What you are probably being asked for is not a fault in logic, which is reasoning, but having different moral values, which is culture. The logic of their position is: 1. They love each other and want to be sexual partners, 2. It is immoral to have a sexual partner unless he or she is married to you., therefore 3. They must be married. But, they believe, 1. Their parents will do everything to prevent their marriage, and since it is already established that 2. They must be married, therefore 3.The parents must not know about the marriage. This is perfectly logical so far. But hold on, what about their suicides? Well, if 1. Life is not worth living without your beloved, and 2. If your beloved is dead there is a chance of meeting him or her in an afterlife and 3. Your beloved IS dead, therefore 4. You should kill yourself to have the best chance of having a life worth living. This is also perfectly logical. But hey, wait a minute--Romeo's beloved wasn't dead, so one of the premises of that logical argument is not true, right? Absolutely, but the logic of the argument is not faulty, only Romeo's information. No doubt you are being asked to question statements like "Life is not worth living without your beloved.", not having a moral standard which holds the preservation of life above all other values, but this is questioning the premises not the logic of their position.

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