LSAT 152 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q14

LR Question 14 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Max: As evidence mounts showing the terrible changes wrought on …

QUESTION TYPE: Role in Argument

ARGUMENTS: MAX’S ARGUMENT: Technology is destroying the environment, so it’s becoming more clear that humans need to return to a natural lifestyle.

CORA’S ARGUMENT: Max is wrong. It’s natural for humans to use technology to change the environment – this has been going on for forever.

ANALYSIS: Max thinks technology is unnatural. Cora is saying, actually, this has been going on for forever. It’s natural for humans to use technology in this way.

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1. CORRECT. This is exactly what she’s doing: challenging the idea that technology is unnatural.
2. She doesn’t argue benefits.
3. She doesn’t deny environmental damage.
4. She doesn’t argue practicality.
5. She doesn’t shift to morality, she stays on natural vs. unnatural.