LSAT 120 – Section 1 – Question 16

LSAT 120 - Section 1 - Question 16

October 2005

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
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PT120 S1 Q16
+LR
Most strongly supported +MSS
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
1%
154
B
89%
163
C
3%
156
D
6%
157
E
1%
152
129
140
150
 +Easier 145.819 +SubsectionMedium

Essayist: Many people are hypocritical in that they often pretend to be more morally upright than they really are. When hypocrisy is exposed, hypocrites are embarrassed by their moral lapse, which motivates them and others to try to become better people. On the other hand, when hypocrisy persists without exposure, the belief that most people are good is fostered, which motivates most people to try to be good.

Summary

An essayist details what happens when hypocrisy is and is not exposed. When hypocrisy is exposed, hypocrites become embarrassed and try to become better people. When hypocrisy remains unexposed, people believe that most people are good, which motivates most people to be good.

Strongly Supported Conclusions

Whether or not hypocrisy is exposed, some people will try to better themselves.

A
The existence of hypocrisy encourages people to believe that no one is morally blameless.

This is too strong to support. The stimulus only says that embarrassed hypocrites try to better themselves once hypocrisy is exposed.

B
The existence of hypocrisy encourages people to make efforts to live by moral standards.

The stimulus details that some people will strive to become more morally virtuous whether hypocrisy is exposed or not. Thus, this is easily supported

C
The existence of hypocrisy in some people encourages others to fall into moral lapses.

The stimulus does not say anything about when people fall into moral lapses.

D
The hiding of hypocrisy is a better way of motivating people to try to be good than is the exposing of it.

This comparative statement does not receive enough support. The stimulus does not say one approach is better than the other.

E
There is no stronger motivator for people to try to be good than the exposing of hypocrisy.

This is too strong to support. The stimulus says that exposing hypocrisy is *a* motivator, not that it is the strongest one.

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