LSAT 124 – Section 3 – Question 24

LSAT 124 - Section 3 - Question 24

December 2007

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PT124 S3 Q24
+LR
Method of reasoning or descriptive +Method
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
64%
166
B
6%
158
C
25%
161
D
1%
155
E
3%
157
149
158
168
 +Harder 145.896 +SubsectionMedium

J.Y.’s explanation

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Professor: A person who can select a beverage from among 50 varieties of cola is less free than one who has only these 5 choices: wine, coffee, apple juice, milk, and water. It is clear, then, that meaningful freedom cannot be measured simply by the number of alternatives available; the extent of the differences among the alternatives is also a relevant factor.

Summarize Argument
The professor concludes that freedom cannot only be measured by the number of options available to someone, and that the variety available in those options is also a relevant part of freedom. This is based on an example about beverages: someone with many beverage options all of a similar kind is less free than someone with fewer beverage options of more various kinds.

Describe Method of Reasoning
The professor draws a conclusion about a general principle using a specific example. The professor uses one hypothetical case where someone has multiple choices—in this case, of beverages—to show that freedom depends on not just the number of choices, but also on the meaningful differences between those choices.

A
supporting a general principle by means of an example
The professor supports the general principle that freedom depends not just on the number of available choices but also on the variety of those choices, by means of an example about a person choosing from a selection of beverages.
B
drawing a conclusion about a particular case on the basis of a general principle
The professor does not make claims about one case from a general principle, but the opposite: the professor draws a conclusion about general principle based on one example case.
C
supporting its conclusion by means of an analogy
The professor does not draw an analogy between cases to support a conclusion. Instead, only one case is used as an example to support the general principle which makes up the professor’s conclusion.
D
claiming that whatever holds for each member of a group must hold for the whole group
The professor does not make any claims about how qualities of group members relate to qualities of a whole group.
E
inferring one general principle from another, more general, principle
The professor does not infer a general principle from another general principle, but rather infers a general principle from a specific example case.

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