LSAT 127 – Section 1 – Question 04

LSAT 127 - Section 1 - Question 04

December 2003

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QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT127 S1 Q04
+LR
+Exp
Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
1%
155
B
1%
153
C
93%
163
D
1%
154
E
3%
152
134
141
149
 +Easier 147.168 +SubsectionMedium

Columnist: Donating items to charity may be a sign of generosity, but any generosity it may demonstrate is rarely a permanent virtue, since most donors make donations only intermittently.

A
The argument takes for granted that truly generous people are the most virtuous.
Neither the premise nor the conclusion concern who is the “most” virtuous. Whether generous people are more or less virtuous than others doesn’t affect the reasoning.
B
The argument attacks the character of those whose values are different from those of the columnist.
There’s no attack on the character of anyone. The argument concerns the trait of generosity, but the author doesn’t comment on whether any person or group has a particular character trait.
C
The argument takes for granted that a character trait is present only when manifested.
The argument assumes that a character trait (generosity) is present only when manifested (only if people are donating). This overlooks the possibility that a character trait can be permanent even if people do not show that trait through actions.
D
The argument generalizes from too small a sample of cases.
The premise concerns “most donors.” The author doesn’t conclude anything about all donors, or conclude anything about actions besides donation. So there’s no inappropriate generalization. We also don’t know anything about the # of donors, so can’t say any sample is “too small.”
E
The argument takes for granted that most people donate out of generosity.
The author notes that donating items “may” be a sign of generosity. This doesn’t imply the author believes most people who donate items are doing so because of generosity.

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