LSAT 104 – Section 4 – Question 15

LSAT 104 - Section 4 - Question 15

December 1998

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Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT104 S4 Q15
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
3%
164
B
1%
158
C
84%
169
D
10%
162
E
2%
163
133
146
159
 +Medium 147.438 +SubsectionMedium

It is often said that beauty is subjective. But this judgment has to be false. If one tries to glean the standard of beauty of earlier cultures from the artistic works they considered most beautiful, one cannot but be impressed by its similarity to our own standard. In many fundamental ways, what was considered beautiful in those cultures is still considered beautiful in our own time.

Summarize Argument
The author concludes that beauty isn’t subjective. This is because earlier cultures’ beauty standards largely align with today’s.

Notable Assumptions
The author assumes that if today’s beauty standards align with those of early cultures, those beauty standards must be rooted in something objective rather than subjective. The author also assumes that we can know which works any given culture considered “most beautiful.” Finally, the author assumes that today’s beauty standards aren’t influenced by those of earlier cultures. If this were true, it would mean those standards are at least partially subjective.

A
Few contemporary artists have been significantly exposed to the art of earlier cultures.
We’re not concerned with contemporary artists. We need to know how people perceive beauty, and if that perception is rooted in something subjective or objective.
B
The arts held a much more important place in earlier cultures than they do in our culture.
It doesn’t matter how important the arts are to a given culture. We need to know about beauty.
C
Our own standard of beauty was strongly influenced by our exposure to works that were considered beautiful in earlier cultures.
If our standards of beauty today were influenced by older cultures, then those standards must be subjective. An objective, innate standard can’t be influenced by something else.
D
Much of what passes for important artistic work today would not be considered beautiful even by contemporary standards.
We need to know if our aesthetic reactions to earlier cultures’ art means that beauty is objective. This only talks about important artworks today.
E
In most cultures art is owned by a small social elite.
Ownership isn’t important. We’re concerned with how people judge and react to art.

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