Thinking Skills Assessment: Entrance Exam Sample Questions
Surveys of public opinion reveal that many people object to the idea of selling bodily organs for transplant. Some object on religious grounds claiming that the body is a sacred and holy thing which must not be violated. Others object on aesthetic grounds simply finding the idea of selling human livers for transplant somehow unpleasant or distasteful. But the sale of bodily organs can not be morally wrong. Everyone has the right to do what they want with their own private property and each person owns their own bodily organs.

Which one of the following best expresses the main conclusion of the above argument? 
Correct!
D
The sale of bodily organs can not be morally wrong.
Explanation
To achieve the correct answer it is necessary to first find the argument's conclusion.  In this example, there are no obvious words that are operating as either premises or conclusion indicators.  What is required in this case is to consider the sentences logically and derive the proper conclusion; only then can one select an equivalent expression from the list of possible answers.

The first 3 sentences are descriptive and not functionally or logically required for the argument's conclusion. 

The conclusion is in the sentence starting with 'but'.  This follows from the claim that we can do what we wish with our personal property and that organs are personal property.  Hence D is the correct answer.

A is disagreeing with the argument's conclusion.
B is a statement of one of the argument's premises.
C may be true given the descriptions in the first three sentences; but, this statement has nothing to do with the argument's actual conclusion, which is arguing against public opinion as revealed by the surveys.
E may be true but it is not related to the content of the conclusion.