LSAT 117 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 117 - Section 4 - Question 24

October 2004

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT117 S4 Q24
+LR
Argument part +AP
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
6%
156
B
3%
154
C
78%
163
D
7%
156
E
6%
157
143
151
160
 +Medium 147.423 +SubsectionMedium

Some people have maintained that private ownership of the means of production ultimately destroys any society that sanctions it. This may be true of a less technologically advanced society that must share its economic resources to survive. But since only private ownership of the means of production permits individuals to test new technologies without the majority’s consent, a technologically advanced society will actually endanger its survival if the means of production become public property.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The author concludes that technologically advanced societies are threatened when the means of production are publicly owned. As support, the author claims that only private ownership of the means of production allows new technologies to be tested without the agreement of the group. The author disagrees with “some people” who believe that private ownership of the means of production is destructive for society.

Identify Argument Part
The claim in the question stem is the belief of “some people,” with whom the author of the argument disagrees.

A
It is a generalization that the argument suggests is no more applicable to less technologically advanced societies than to more technologically advanced societies.
The author actually claims that the proposition in the question stem may be applicable to less technologically advanced societies.
B
It is a hypothesis for whose widespread acceptance the argument offers an explanation.
We only know that “some people” hold the belief in the question stem; we do not know if it has widespread acceptance, and either way, its acceptance is not explained.
C
It is a general hypothesis that the argument suggests is inapplicable to societies more dependent for survival upon the introduction of new technologies than upon the sharing of resources.
The reason that the author gives for his disagreement with the proposition in the question stem is that it does not allow individuals to test new technologies; the author claims that the proposition in the question stem is dangerous for technologically advanced societies.
D
It is a contention about the consequences of an economic arrangement that the argument claims is incompatible with the needs of any society.
The author concedes that the claim in the question stem may be true of less technologically advanced societies; the author does not deem it incompatible with any society.
E
It is a generalization about societies that according to the argument is true for any society in which the majority of its citizens does not impede the introduction of new technologies.
The author argues that the proposition in the question stem is incompatible for technologically advanced societies; the author does not make any claims about societies in which the majority facilitates the introduction of new technologies.

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