Why can't a member method be passed to a base class constructor?

Question

class Flarg
{
    private readonly Action speak;

    public Action Speak
    {
        get
        {
            return speak;
        }
    }

    public Flarg(Act         


        

Answer 1

Because on stage of the base class (Flarg) construction you have not an instance of the MuteFlarg class so can't access non static methods or fields.