LSAT 128 – Section 2 – Question 16

LSAT 128 - Section 2 - Question 16

December 2008

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PT128 S2 Q16
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Link Assumption +LinkA
Analogy +An
A
4%
158
B
0%
144
C
93%
167
D
1%
145
E
1%
153
140
147
153
 +Medium 146.836 +SubsectionMedium

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Laurel: Modern moral theories must be jettisoned, or at least greatly reworked, because they fail to provide guidance in extreme cases, which are precisely the times when people most need guidance.

Miriam: A moral theory, like an overcoat, can be quite useful even if it is not useful in every possible situation. Being useful in a wide variety of common circumstances is all we need from a moral theory.

Speaker 1 Summary
Laurel concludes that modern moral theories have to be abandoned or reworked, because they don’t provide guidance in extreme. Extreme cases are the times when people most need guidance.

Speaker 2 Summary
Miriam asserts that moral theories can still be useful, even if not useful in all situations. They serve their purpose if they’re useful in a wide variety of common situations.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. They disagree about whether moral theories’ failure to help in extreme situations justifies abandoning or reworking them. Laurel think it does, but Miriam thinks it doesn’t.

A
it is preferable to develop a moral theory that provides solutions to all the moral dilemmas that could arise
Miriam doesn’t have an opinion. She describes what we need from a moral theory, but doesn’t describe whether it’d be better for a moral theory to provide solutions to all problems that could arise.
B
people abandoned earlier moral theories when they encountered dilemmas that those theories did not adequately address
Neither speaker has an opinion. They don’t discuss whether people abandoned earlier theories or why people abandoned earlier theories.
C
a moral theory’s adequacy depends on its ability to provide guidance in extreme cases
This is a point of disagreement. Laurel thinks a moral theory’s adequacy does depend on its ability to guide in extreme cases. But Miriam believes it doesn’t. A moral theory just needs to provide guidance in the most common situations.
D
just as people need different overcoats in different climates, so too do they need different moral theories on different occasions
Neither speaker has an opinion. They don’t discuss whether people ever need different moral theories during different situations.
E
a moral theory developed in the light of extreme cases is unlikely to provide adequate guidance in more usual cases
Neither speaker has an opinion. They don’t discuss whether moral theories that apply in extreme cases are unlikely to provide guidance in more typical cases.

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