LSAT 154 – Section 1 – Question 26
LSAT 154 - Section 1 - Question 26
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PT154 S1 Q26 |
+LR
+Exp
| Must be true +MBT Conditional Reasoning +CondR | A
7%
159
B
1%
154
C
29%
160
D
6%
157
E
56%
165
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150 161 172 |
+Hardest | 147.621 +SubsectionMedium |
Philosopher: A person is morally responsible for an action only if that action is performed freely. And an action is free only if there is an alternative action that is genuinely open to the person. But an alternative action is genuinely open only if performing that alternative action is not morally wrong.
Summary
The stimulus can be diagrammed as follows:
Notable Valid Inferences
If someone is morally responsible for an action, then it is not the case that the alternative to that action is morally wrong.
If an action was performed freely, then it is not the case that the alternative to that action is morally wrong.
If someone is morally responsible for an action, then there is an alternative action that is genuinely open to the person.
A
An alternative action is not genuinely open to a person unless that person would be morally responsible for performing the alternative action.
Could be false. We know that moral responsibility is a sufficient condition for an alternative action being genuinely open; (A) mixes up the sufficient and necessary conditions of this relationship.
B
People are not morally responsible for most of the actions that they perform.
Could be false. The stimulus does not discuss any quantities; we cannot make any inferences about “most” actions that people perform.
C
A person is morally responsible for an action if there is an alternative action that is genuinely open to the person.
Could be false. We know that moral responsibility is a sufficient condition for an alternative action being genuinely open. Like (A), (C) mixes up the sufficient and necessary conditions of this relationship.
D
If it would be morally wrong for a person to perform a given action, then that action is genuinely open to that person.
Could be false. We know that if an alternative action is morally wrong, then that alternative action was not genuinely open. (D) misses the fact that this relationship discusses “alternative” actions. Also, the necessary condition is that the action is not genuinely open.
E
An action is not free unless there is an alternative action that is not morally wrong.
Must be true. As shown below, an action being performed freely is a sufficient condition for the alternative to that action not being morally wrong.
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LSAT PrepTest 154 Explanations
Section 1 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
Section 2 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
Section 3 - Reading Comprehension
- Passage 1 – Passage
- Passage 1 – Questions
- Passage 2 – Passage
- Passage 2 – Questions
- Passage 3 – Passage
- Passage 3 – Questions
- Passage 4 – Passage
- Passage 4 – Questions
Section 4 - Logical Reasoning
- Question 01
- Question 02
- Question 03
- Question 04
- Question 05
- Question 06
- Question 07
- Question 08
- Question 09
- Question 10
- Question 11
- Question 12
- Question 13
- Question 14
- Question 15
- Question 16
- Question 17
- Question 18
- Question 19
- Question 20
- Question 21
- Question 22
- Question 23
- Question 24
- Question 25
- Question 26
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