Are perscriptive answers always wrong on Necessary Assumption questions? I am trying to figure out if that is something I can just retain and eliminate that answer choice every time
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Are perscriptive answers always wrong on Necessary Assumption questions? I am trying to figure out if that is something I can just retain and eliminate that answer choice every time
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To the contrary, when you notice the stimulus moving from descriptive premises to a prescriptive conclusion, you're almost certainly looking for an assumption in the form "when stuff is this way, you ought to do this".
The associated tag for this concept is value judgment.
On the flipside (and it's risky to make "all" claims about the LSAT, but just shooting from the hip...) if the entire stimulus is purely descriptive, I'd guess that a prescriptive assumption will always be wrong.
@MichaelWright Got it. Thank you