LSAT 130 – Section 1 – Question 15

LSAT 130 - Section 1 - Question 15

September 2009

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT130 S1 Q15
+LR
Must be true +MBT
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
Quantifier +Quant
A
2%
157
B
8%
159
C
14%
157
D
75%
166
E
1%
160
143
153
162
 +Harder 147.03 +SubsectionMedium

Almost all advances in genetic research give rise to ethical dilemmas. Government is the exclusive source of funding for most genetic research; those projects not funded by government are funded solely by corporations. One or the other of these sources of funding is necessary for any genetic research.

Summary
Most advances in genetic research lead to ethical dilemmas.
Most genetic research is funded exclusively by the government.
Genetic research that is not funded by the government is funded exclusively by corporations.
All genetic research is paid for by either corporations or the government, because genetic research requires funding from one of those sources.

Notable Valid Inferences
Fewer than 50% of genetic research projects are funded by corporations.
All advances in genetic research are funded by either the government or corporations.
All ethical dilemmas arising from genetic research come from work that was funded by either the government or corporations.

A
Most advances in genetic research occur in projects funded by government rather than by corporations.
Could be false. While we know that most genetic research projects are funded by the government, we don’t know the breakdown of which projects lead to advances. Maybe all (or most of) the advances in genetic research come from corporation-funded projects!
B
Most genetic research funded by government results in advances that give rise to ethical dilemmas.
Could be false. We have no idea how common advances in genetic research are or how frequently they come from government-funded projects—maybe the government pays for thousands of projects and only two lead to advances that give rise to ethical dilemmas! Or maybe none do!
C
At least some advances in genetic research occur in projects funded by corporations.
Could be false. While we know that some genetic research projects are funded by corporations, we don’t know the breakdown of which projects lead to advances. Maybe all the advances in genetic research come from government-funded projects!
D
No ethical dilemmas resulting from advances in genetic research arise without government or corporate funding.
Must be true. All genetic research is funded by corporations or the government, so any advances in such research come from work funded by one of these sources. Therefore, ethical dilemmas arising from these advances can’t have come to be without government or corporate funding.
E
As long as government continues to fund genetic research, that research will give rise to ethical dilemmas.
Could be false. Maybe no research funded by the government in the future will lead to advances (for all we know, none ever has!) or maybe the advances the research does lead to will be among the small group that don’t give rise to ethical dilemmas.

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