LSAT 148 – Section 3 – Question 19

LSAT 148 - Section 3 - Question 19

December 2016

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT148 S3 Q19
+LR
+Exp
Point at issue: disagree +Disagr
A
4%
155
B
3%
158
C
81%
164
D
4%
154
E
9%
157
139
148
158
 +Medium 149.233 +SubsectionMedium

Ana: On libertarian principles, I oppose the proposed smoking ban. It is not the government’s business to prevent people from doing things that harm only themselves.

Pankaj: But keep in mind that the ban would apply only to smoking in public places. People could still smoke all they want in private.

Speaker 1 Summary
Ana opposes the proposed smoking ban because she thinks it’s not the government’s business to prevent people from doing stuff that harms only themselves.

Speaker 2 Summary
Pankaj points out that the proposed ban would only apply in situations that expose other people to smoking. Smoking would still be allowed in private. The implicit point is that Ana’s libertarian principle isn’t a good reason for opposing the ban.

Objective
We’re looking for a point of disagreement. They disagree over whether the proposed smoking ban would prevent people from doing things that harm only themselves. Ana thinks it would. Pankaj thinks it wouldn’t.

A
it is the government’s business to prevent people from harming themselves
Pankaj doesn’t have an opinion. He doesn’t discuss whether the government should or should not protect people from hurting themselves.
B
government should be restrained by libertarian principles
Pankaj doesn’t have an opinion. He doesn’t discuss libertarian principles.
C
the proposed smoking ban is intended to prevent harm only to smokers themselves
This is a point of disagreement. Ana believes the ban is intended to prevent harm only to smokers themselves. This is why she opposes the ban. Pankaj disagrees, since it bans smoking in public (where others are present).
D
the proposed ban would prohibit smoking in public places
Ana has no opinion. She believes the ban prevents people from doing things that harm only themselves. But whether this ban applies in public and private or only in private is not clear from her statements.
E
there are cases in which government should attempt to regulate private behavior
Pankaj doesn’t have an opinion. He doesn’t discuss whether government should ever regulate anything.

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