LSAT 108 – Section 2 – Question 12
LSAT 108 - Section 2 - Question 12
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Type | Tags | Answer Choices |
Curve | Question Difficulty |
Psg/Game/S Difficulty |
Explanation |
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| PT108 S2 Q12 |
+LR
| Flaw or descriptive weakening +Flaw | A
12%
162
B
3%
159
C
84%
167
D
1%
147
E
1%
157
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127 142 157 |
+Medium | 145.001 +SubsectionEasier |
A
presumes, without providing justification, that nothing can have greater value than one’s own freedom
The author doesn’t presume this. She argues that one’s freedom is always worth the risk of losing one’s life, but she never says that nothing is more valuable than freedom. The author may believe that many things are more valuable than freedom.
B
fails to consider that it is not always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom
The author doesn’t state or imply that she thinks it’s always possible to rebel physically against an encroachment on one’s freedom, and her stance on this issue is irrelevant to the soundness of her conclusion.
C
generalizes inappropriately from a single extreme case to a universal claim
This is the flaw that the author commits. Using a single, extreme example of someone locked in a cement room, the author then makes a universal claim that one’s freedom is always more valuable than the risk of losing one’s life. The example doesn’t necessarily justify the claim.
D
fails to establish that the freedom of others is worth taking risks for
The author’s argument isn’t concerned with the freedom of others. The author’s argument is only concerned with one’s own freedom and life.
E
overlooks the possibility that some people do not have the courage to take risks for freedom
We don’t know if the author overlooks this. However, even if she does, it has no bearing on whether her conclusion, that one’s freedom is always more valuable than the risk of losing one’s life, is valid.
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Section 1 - 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 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
Section 3 - 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
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