LSAT 124 – Section 2 – Question 06

LSAT 124 - Section 2 - Question 06

December 2007

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT124 S2 Q06
+LR
+Exp
Most strongly supported +MSS
A
83%
163
B
5%
158
C
4%
153
D
5%
158
E
4%
153
134
145
155
 +Medium 145.571 +SubsectionMedium

Some argue that laws are instituted at least in part to help establish a particular moral fabric in society. But the primary function of law is surely to help order society so that its institutions, organizations, and citizenry can work together harmoniously, regardless of any further moral aims of the law. Indeed, the highest courts have on occasion treated moral beliefs based on conscience or religious faith as grounds for making exceptions in the application of laws.

Summary
While some people claim that laws are enacted at least in part to establish a moral fabric in society, the primary purpose of law is to establish order within society. Why? Because sometimes the highest courts have treated moral beliefs as grounds for exceptions in the application of laws.

Strongly Supported Conclusions
Sometimes the application of law involves factoring in people’s moral beliefs.

A
The manner in which laws are applied sometimes takes into account the beliefs of the people governed by those laws.
The stimulus tells us that sometimes the highest courts use moral beliefs as grounds for making exceptions in their decisions. If this is true, then it must be that there are at least some instances where people’s beliefs are considered when applying the law.
B
The law has as one of its functions the ordering of society but is devoid of moral aims.
We don’t know whether moral aims are completely absent from the law. We only know that the law’s primary purpose is establishing order within society. It could be the case that moral aims are a secondary purpose.
C
Actions based on religious belief or on moral conviction tend to receive the protection of the highest courts.
We don’t know whether actions taken due to a person’s moral beliefs usually receive protection from the highest courts. In the stimulus, we are only told that using moral beliefs as grounds for decisions are the exception when courts apply the law.
D
The way a society is ordered by law should not reflect any moral convictions about the way society ought to be ordered.
We don’t know what way society should be ordered by law. There is no value judgement in the stimulus.
E
The best way to promote cooperation among a society’s institutions, organizations, and citizenry is to institute order in that society by means of law.
We don’t know what the best way to establish order within a society would be. There is no value judgment in the stimulus.

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