LSAT 147 – Section 4 – Question 24

LSAT 147 - Section 4 - Question 24

September 2016

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT147 S4 Q24
+LR
Argument part +AP
Rule-Application +RuleApp
A
17%
161
B
70%
165
C
9%
156
D
3%
154
E
1%
153
148
156
164
 +Harder 146.282 +SubsectionMedium

Politician: Democracy requires that there be no restrictions on the ability of citizens to share their ideas freely, without fear of reprisal. Therefore the right to have private conversations, unmonitored by the government, is essential to democracy. For a government to monitor conversations on the Internet would thus be a setback for democracy.

Summarize Argument
The politician argues that it would harm democracy if a government were to monitor conversations. Why? Because for a democracy to work, people need to be able to freely share their ideas without worrying the government might take action against them. Unmonitored private conversations are essential to democracy.

Identify Argument Part
The referenced text supports the second sentence, which in turn supports the conclusion. Why is the right to private, unmonitored conversations essential to democracy? Because democracy requires free expression of ideas.

A
It is a claim for which no support is provided, and which is used to support only the argument’s main conclusion.
There’s certainly no support provided for the referenced text, but it doesn’t support the main conclusion. Instead, it supports a sub-conclusion, which in turn supports the main conclusion.
B
It is a claim for which no support is provided, and which is used to support a claim that is itself used to support the argument’s main conclusion.
The referenced text is definitely unsupported, which makes it a premise. It supports the second sentence, which in turn supports the main conclusion about democracy being harmed when the government monitors conversations.
C
It is a claim for which support is provided, and which is in turn used to support the argument’s main conclusion.
There’s no support for this claim. Nor does it support the main conclusion. Instead, it’s support for a sub-conclusion.
D
It is the argument’s main conclusion and is inferred from two other statements in the argument, one of which is used to support the other.
The argument’s main conclusion is the last sentence. The referenced text certainly isn’t inferred from the sub-conclusion and main conclusion.
E
It is the argument’s main conclusion and is inferred from two other statements in the argument, neither of which is used to support the other.
The referenced text isn’t the main conclusion. It also isn’t inferred from anything. It’s support for the second sentence, which is a sub-conclusion.

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