PrepTest 128 - Section 4 - Passage 4 - Question 24

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Passage A discusses the views of the economist and political thinker Thomas Sowell. ███████ █ ██ ███████ ████ ██ ███████ ██ ███████

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Define "cosmic justice" · Idealized form of justice, requires perfect knowledge

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Author's persepective · Legal system cannot and should not try to dispense cosmic justice

Because we don't have perfect knowledge.

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Explain · Why we cannot know what someone deserves

We don't have the information or intelligence needed to weigh every relevant factor.

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Author's conclusion · Should base justice on consequences, not causes

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Draw distinction · Between cosmic justice and traditional justice

Traditional justice is based on process. Inference: if cosmic justice is fundamentally different from traditional justice, then cosmic justice is not based on process.

Illustrate · How traditional justice is based on process

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24.

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Passage A says that we should judge actions based mainly on outputs (consequences) rather than on “inputs.” This suggests the meaning of “inputs” is factors that occurred before the action that contributed to the action. Let’s look for an answer that best captures this idea.

fair rules (middle ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██

This doesn’t describe factors that occurred before an action that contributed to the action.

unjust trial (near ███ ███ ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██

This doesn’t describe factors that occurred before an action that contributed to the action.

impartial processes (end ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██

This doesn’t describe factors that occurred before an action that contributed to the action.

traumatic childhood (middle ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██

This describes a factor that someone might think contributed to the murderer’s action.

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innocent people (end ██ ███ █████ █████████ ██ ███████ ██

This doesn’t describe factors that occurred before an action that contributed to the action.

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