LSAT 153 – Section 3 – Question 21

LSAT 153 - Section 3 - Question 21

June 2019

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PT153 S3 Q21
+LR
Strengthen +Streng
Causal Reasoning +CausR
Link Assumption +LinkA
A
5%
152
B
75%
163
C
13%
158
D
2%
153
E
5%
152
143
151
160
 +Medium 146.755 +SubsectionMedium

Columnist: Obviously, money helps one satisfy one’s desires. However, people become less happy as they become more wealthy. For, though wealth allows one to satisfy desires one would not otherwise be able to, it invariably creates an even greater number of desires that will not be satisfied.

Summarize Argument
The columnist concludes that people become less happy as they get wealthier. She supports this by saying that while money can fulfill some desires, it also creates more desires that can never be satisfied.

Notable Assumptions
The columnist assumes that having more unsatisfied desires makes one less happy. She also assumes that wealth can only satisfy a limited amount of desires.

A
Extreme wealth impedes the attainment of the highest level of happiness.
The columnist doesn’t make any claims about “the highest level of happiness.” Instead, she argues that as people get wealthier, they also get less happy. (A) fails to address this conclusion.
B
The fewer unfulfilled desires one has, the happier one is.
The columnist assumes that having more unfulfilled desires makes one less happy. This is the same as saying that having fewer unfulfilled desires makes one more happy. Thus, (B) strengthens the argument by reinforcing this assumption.
C
One’s happiness tends not to increase each time a desire is satisfied.
The argument assumes that having more unsatisfied desires makes one less happy. Whether having satisfied desires makes one more or less happy is not relevant.
D
There are very few wealthy people who would not prefer to be wealthier.
The fact that wealthy people generally want to be even wealthier does not necessarily reflect those people’s happiness. (D) thus fails to address the conclusion that increased wealth leads to decreased happiness.
E
Satisfying one’s desires is not the only relevant factor to one’s happiness.
The columnist is discussing the link between desire satisfaction and happiness. The fact that there are other factors that can affect happiness actually weakens her argument by undermining this link.

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