LSAT 102 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 102 - Section 4 - Question 24

June 1998

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT102 S4 Q24
+LR
Weaken +Weak
Quantifier +Quant
A
21%
164
B
1%
156
C
3%
156
D
71%
167
E
4%
160
141
155
168
 +Harder 146.127 +SubsectionMedium

Sociologist: Research shows, contrary to popular opinion, that, all other things being equal, most people who have pets are less happy than most people who do not. Therefore, any person who wants to be as happy as possible would do well to consider not having a pet.

Summarize Argument
The sociologist concludes that people who want to be happy shouldn’t own pets. This is because pet-owners are generally less happy than people who don’t have pets.

Notable Assumptions
The sociologist assumes people who own pets weren’t less happy before owning one. This means that she assumes pets don’t positively contribute to happiness, perhaps by providing companionship to otherwise lonely people who are likely to be unhappy.

A
Some people who have pets are happier than most people who do not.
“Some” simply means “more than one.” This doesn’t weaken a general argument about pet ownership.
B
Most people who have no pets occasionally wish that they had pets.
It doesn’t matter what people sometimes wish. We have data saying that pet-owners are, all else equal, less happy that people who don’t own pets.
C
Most people who have pets are reasonably happy.
Even if they’re reasonably happy, they’re not as happy as people who don’t have pets. The conclusion concerns people who want to be “as happy as possible.”
D
Most people who have pets feel happier because they have pets.
Pets generally make people happier. So, people who want to be as happy as possible might actually do well to get a pet. This weakens the sociologist’s argument.
E
All people who have no pets admit to feeling unhappy sometimes.
Even if people who don’t own pets are unhappy sometimes, they’re still happier overall than people who own pets.

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