LSAT 120 – Section 3 – Question 06

LSAT 120 - Section 3 - Question 06

October 2005

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT120 S3 Q06
+LR
Main conclusion or main point +MC
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
84%
164
B
8%
157
C
4%
157
D
1%
152
E
3%
155
136
146
155
 +Medium 146.629 +SubsectionMedium

Citizen: The primary factor determining a dog’s disposition is not its breed, but its home environment. A bad owner can undo generations of careful breeding. Legislation focusing on specific breeds of dogs would not address the effects of human behavior in raising and training animals. As a result, such breed-specific legislation could never effectively protect the public from vicious dogs. Moreover, in my view, the current laws are perfectly adequate.

Summarize Argument: Counter-Position
The citizen concludes that making laws that are breed-specific will not be effective in protecting against vicious dogs. This is because the primary cause of violence in dogs is environment, not breed. The citizen supports this causal claim by pointing out that a bad owner can override careful breeding. Because environment, not breed, is the primary determinant of disposition, breed-specific legislation will overlook the main cause of violence in dogs.

Identify Conclusion
The conclusion is that creating laws based on breed will not protect the public: “Breed-specific legislation could never effectively protect the public from vicious dogs.”

A
The public would not be effectively protected from violent dogs by breed-specific legislation.
This is the main conclusion. The rest of the argument supports this claim by showing that breed-specific legislation does not address the primary factor in determining disposition, which is home environment.
B
A good home environment is more important than breeding to a dog’s disposition.
This is a premise that supports the conclusion that breed-specific legislation will not be effective.
C
The home environment of dogs would not be regulated by breed-specific legislation.
This is a premise that shows why breed-specific legislation will not be effective: because it will not address the true primary cause of behavior.
D
Irresponsible dog owners are capable of producing dogs with bad dispositions regardless of generations of careful breeding.
This is a premise that demonstrates why home environment is more important than breed in determining the disposition of a dog.
E
The vicious-dog laws that are currently in effect do not address the effects of human behavior in raising and training dogs.
The only thing we know about the current laws is that the citizen thinks that they are perfectly accurate. We do not know what they do or do not address, so this cannot be the main conclusion.

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