LSAT 125 – Section 2 – Question 25

LSAT 125 - Section 2 - Question 25

June 2008

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Question
QuickView		 Type Tags Answer
Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT125 S2 Q25
+LR
Inference +Inf
Conditional Reasoning +CondR
A
4%
159
B
3%
156
C
22%
158
D
63%
165
E
8%
161
149
158
167
 +Harder 145.417 +SubsectionEasier

To face danger solely because doing so affords one a certain pleasure does not constitute courage. Real courage is manifested only when a person, in acting to attain a goal, perseveres in the face of fear prompted by one or more dangers involved.

Summary

Real courage requires persevering in the face of fear while acting to attain a goal.

Facing danger only because it brings one pleasure is not real courage.

Very Strongly Supported Conclusions

If one faces danger in order to attain a goal, he is only being courageous if he is also persevering in the face of fear.

If one perseveres in the face of fear, he is only being courageous if he’s also acting to attain a goal.

A
A person who must face danger in order to avoid future pain cannot properly be called courageous for doing so.

Unsupported. A person facing danger to avoid pain is acting to attain a goal. This person might also be persevering in the face of fear, in which case, they could potentially be called courageous.

B
A person who experiences fear of some aspects of a dangerous situation cannot be said to act courageously in that situation.

Unsupported. Courage requires persevering in the face of fear. The fact that someone experiences fear in a dangerous situation is not sufficient to conclude that they are not acting courageously.

C
A person who happens to derive pleasure from some dangerous activities is not a courageous person.

Unsupported. Facing danger solely because it brings pleasure is not real courage. As long as pleasure isn’t the only reason that this person faces danger, we can’t conclude that they are not courageous.

D
A person who faces danger in order to benefit others is acting courageously only if the person is afraid of the danger.

Very strongly supported. Courage requires persevering in the face of fear. One can only persevere in the face of fear if one is actually afraid. So someone who faces danger in order to attain the goal of benefiting others is only courageous if they are afraid of the danger.

E
A person who has no fear of the situations that everyone else would fear cannot be said to be courageous in any situation.

Unsupported. Just because this person isn’t afraid of the situations that other people are afraid of doesn’t mean that they aren’t afraid of any situation. This person might still persevere in the face of fear in some situations that other people do not fear.

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