Self-paced
P1
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Context ·
How do we decide what is true or false?
Legal systems use competing narratives about events; judges and juries assign "truth"
Introduce concept ·
Objectivism
The "objective" view is neutral, unbiased, and more reliable than other views
Apply concept ·
of objectivism to legal "truth"
Truth is found in an objective view of events
Criticism ·
No one holds an objective view
Support criticism ·
According to psychologists, everyone holds biases
Author's perspective ·
Legal views are subjective, not objective
P2
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Problem ·
Objectivist assumptions favor those with legal training
Accounts by those who understand the law are (wrongly) seen as objective and true; others accounts are (wrongly) seen as false
P3
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Solution ·
according to some legal scholars
Alternative legal narratives
Explain solution ·
Replace abstract objectivist discourse with personal narratives
Support solution ·
Personal stories elicit empathy
Implications of solution ·
Disruption of status quo, less advantage bestowed by legal training, emphasis on empathy
Passage Style
Critique or debate
Problem-analysis
15.
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Not supported, because we have no evidence of who controls access to training. It’s easy to assume that the legal establishment controls access to legal training, but that’s just not something we have evidence of from the passage.
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Supported, because we know that the author thinks personal narrative can “
c
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Not supported, because although we know that legal discourse is traditionally abstract, we don’t know that it has become “progressively more abstract” over centuries.
d
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Not supported. We have no evidence traditional legal discourse wants to help resolve or bring together different world views. In fact, it assumes that