LSAT PrepTest 143 - Section 2 - Passage 3 - Question 16

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Passage A.

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Augustine's view · Don't lie to liars

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Author's concession · Some truth behind Augustine's view

General opinion · Many think lying to liars feels fair

People think that liars forfeit right to be told the truth.

Two moral questions · (1) Does liar have right to be told truth? (2) Are we more justified in lying to a liar?

Author's view · Liar forfeits right to truth, but we shouldn't automatically lie to him

We need to consider potential harm to ourselves and society when considering whether to lie to him.

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View derived from Kant · Acting toward someone as they have acted toward others treats that person as a rational being

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Potential implication · Some might think we have a duty to act toward someone as they have acted to others

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Author's view · Not a duty; but we're authorized to act toward someone as they have acted toward others

If a rational person does something to another person, he authorizes others to do the same to him.

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Split Approach: After passage A, eliminate any answer choice that isn’t addressed by passage A. Then, after passage B, eliminate any remaining answer choice that is addressed by passage B.

Sequential Approach: We’re looking for something discussed by author A but not by author B. Two big differences between the passages are that author A talks specifically about the act of lying, and she also talks about the difference between whether an immoral act deserves being repaid in kind and whether other people are actually justified in repaying that immoral act. The right answer might touch on these, but we should go into the answer choices with an open mind, choosing the answer that’s definitely addressed by author A and not by author B.

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Author A addresses this at the end of P4, where she considers the harm that may result from lying to a liar. Author B, meanwhile, doesn’t address this. He’s only interested in whether treating people as they treat others is a duty or just a right.

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Author A doesn’t address this.

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Author A doesn’t consider any instances in which people have been wronged by being treated as they treated others. She only considers an instance in which someone (a liar) isn’t wronged by being treated this way.

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