LSAT 115 – Section 2 – Question 23

LSAT 115 - Section 2 - Question 23

December 2002

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PT115 S2 Q23
+LR
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Net Effect +NetEff
A
20%
159
B
7%
156
C
4%
154
D
67%
164
E
2%
152
146
156
166
 +Harder 148.811 +SubsectionMedium

Councilperson X: We have an obligation to help ensure that electricity rates are the lowest possible. Since the proposed design for a new generating station would clearly allow for the lowest rates, it must be the design we endorse if we agree that we have no choice but to approve construction of a new plant.

Councilperson Y: Helping to ensure the lowest electricity rates is not the council’s only job; we also have an obligation not to lower the quality of life of our community. A plant of the type specified by the design would damage our community’s air quality to such an extent that the benefit of lower rates would be outweighed.

Speaker 1 Summary
If it is agreed that we have no choice but to approve construction of a new plant, we must endorse the proposed design for the new generating station. Why? Because the design would clearly allow for the lowest electricity rates and we are obligated to ensure these rates are as low as possible.

Speaker 2 Summary
We don’t have to endorse the proposed design for the new generating station. Why? Because the design would damage the community’s air quality more than the community would benefit from lower rates. Ensuring lower rates is not our only job, we must also not lower the quality of life for the community.

Objective
We need a statement that Councilperson X and Y disagree on. They disagree on whether the council should endorse the proposed design for the new generating station. X thinks it must be endorsed, and Y thinks not due to a cost-benefit analysis.

A
The council should recommend the building of a new generating station.
Neither speaker expresses an opinion on this statement. X states that the proposed design should be endorsed if it is agreed that there’s no choice but to approve a new plant, but we don’t know if there is consensus about that choice.
B
It is the council’s responsibility to improve the community’s quality of life.
Councilperson X never expresses an opinion regarding the community’s quality of life. We can’t assume that the lowest possible electricity rates improve quality of life.
C
A plant of the type specified by the design in question would damage the air quality of the community.
Councilperson X never expresses an opinion regarding whether the proposed design would damage the air quality. X only points to the fact that the design would allow for low electricity rates.
D
If a new generating station is to be built, the council should endorse a plant of the type specified by the design in question.
Councilperson X and Y disagree on this statement. X agrees that the council should endorse the design because it would allow for the lowest possible electricity rates. Y disagrees because Y thinks that the costs of the design outweigh the benefits.
E
A plant of the type specified by the design in question would allow for the lowest electricity rates.
Councilperson Y does not express an opinion on this statement. Y concedes that the proposed design would allow for low electricity rates, but we don’t know if Y believes that these rates would be the lowest possible.

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