LSAT 118 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q8

LR Question 8 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Ariel: Government art subsidies never benefit art …

QUESTION TYPE: Point At Issue

ARGUMENTS: ARIEL’S ARGUMENT: Government subsidies never benefit art because artists cannot meaningfully challenge the institution they depend on. And art’s role is to challenge society’s values.

SASHA’S ARGUMENT: In democracies, governments respect dissent. So, subsidies ensure artists can focus on their work and express themselves freely.

ANALYSIS: Ariel thinks subsidies can never benefit art. Sasha thinks they can in democratic societies.

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1. They agree on this. Sasha explicitly says she agrees in the first sentence.
2. Ariel says this. Sasha doesn’t address it, so we don’t know.
3. We don’t know what either of them think about expression in nondemocratic societies.
4. CORRECT. Ariel disagrees with this because she thinks subsidies never benefit art. Sasha agrees because she thinks subsidies do help artists in democratic societies.
5. Neither of them make any claims about the fairness of distribution.