LSAT 157 – Section 3 – Question 03

LSAT 157 - Section 3 - Question 03

June 2020

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT157 S3 Q03
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
A
4%
151
B
6%
150
C
88%
158
D
1%
146
E
1%
147
120
123
140
 +Easiest 145.111 +SubsectionEasier

Bernard: We should not invite Carl to speak at the forum. Carl’s views are clearly false, and worse, dangerous. To encourage their consideration will not only legitimize them but also help to promulgate them, both of which we should avoid, since we wish not to support their adoption.

Ayla: The best way to combat false views is to challenge them in public. Once Carl’s views are subjected to the kind of public scrutiny the forum provides, people will see them for what they are because the forum will provide convincing arguments against them.

Speaker 1 Summary
Bernard concludes we shouldn’t invite Carl to speak at the forum. This is because Carl’s views are false and dangerous. We don’t want to support adoption of those views, and inviting him to speak would help spread those views.

Speaker 2 Summary
Ayla’s implicit conclusion is that we should invite him to speak. This is because challenging his views in public is the best way to combat them.

Objective
We’re looking for a disagreement. The speakers disagree about whether we should invite Carl to the forum.

A
one should always avoid legitimizing a view whose adoption one wishes not to support
Ayla doesn’t have an opinion. Although she wants to challenge Carl’s false views, we don’t know what she thinks about views she wishes not to support. She might think it’s OK to legitimize views she doesn’t support, as long as they’re not false.
B
people will see the falsity of every dangerous idea for which they are furnished with forceful counterarguments
Bernard doesn’t have an opinion. He doesn’t discuss what happens when people encounter counterarguments against views.
C
the best way to fight erroneous ideas involves allowing the public expression of these ideas
The speakers disagree. Bernard implicitly thinks this is not the best way, because he says not to invite Carl. If he thought this was the best way to fight Carl’s ideas, he wouldn’t make this recommendation. Ayla thinks the best way to fight Carl’s ideas is to allow him to speak.
D
people who hold false views tend to pose a danger to society
Ayla doesn’t have an opinion. She doesn’t discuss the idea of danger or whether some views can be dangerous.
E
one should not encourage the adoption of dangerous views
Ayla doesn’t have an opinion. She doesn’t discuss the idea of danger or whether we should encourage adoption of dangerous views.

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