LSAT 157 – Section 2 – Question 01

LSAT 157 - Section 2 - Question 01

June 2020

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT157 S2 Q01
+LR
Must be true +MBT
A
5%
154
B
3%
145
C
6%
150
D
2%
144
E
84%
159
120
131
147
 +Easiest 143.482 +SubsectionEasier

One should not do anything that has the potential to produce serious harm to one’s society. The public actions—or inactions—of celebrities and of people who are widely respected are widely emulated. Some celebrities do not vote. Serious harm befalls a society in which many people refrain from voting.

Summary
If an action has the potential to produce serious harm to one’s society, then one should not take that action.

Many people copy the public actions of celebrities and those who are widely respected.

Some celebrities do not vote.

Serious harm comes to societies in which many people don’t vote.

Notable Valid Inferences
Celebrities shouldn’t publicly refrain from voting.

Widely respected people shouldn’t refrain from voting.

A
A society should require all celebrities to vote.
Could be false. The stimulus discusses what actions individuals should not take; the stimulus does not discuss what society should require.
B
One should vote only if one expects that doing so will cause many other people to do likewise.
Could be false. (B) gives a necessary condition for when you should vote. The stimulus doesn’t allow us to infer any necessary conditions for voting.
C
Celebrities who do not vote should not be widely respected.
Could be false. The stimulus doesn’t give any indication on who should or should not be widely respected.
D
People should not emulate celebrities who are not widely respected.
Could be false. The stimulus doesn’t indicate who people should nor should not emulate. Additionally, we only know that people who are widely respected are widely emulated. We don’t know anything about people who aren’t widely respected.
E
Widely respected people should not publicly refrain from voting.
Must be true. If an action could cause serious harm to society, then one shouldn’t take that action. Widely respected people’s public actions are widely emulated, and society is harmed when many people don’t vote, so widely respected people shouldn’t publicly refrain from voting.

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Section 1 - Reading Comprehension

Section 2 - Logical Reasoning

Section 3 - Logical Reasoning

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