LSAT 156 | Section 4 | Logical Reasoning: Q26

LR Question 26 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Letter to the editor: In calling on antinuclear activists to …

QUESTION TYPE: Principle – Justify

CONCLUSION: Advocates of nuclear power are being dishonest.

REASONING: They are asking antinuclear activists to help improve nuclear waste disposal, even though doing so would undermine the activists’ goal of eliminating nuclear power.

ANALYSIS: To call that dishonest, the argument needs a principle that links those two ideas. Asking someone to act in a way that undermines their own goals counts as dishonest.

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1. We’re concerned with dishonesty and conflicting goals, not responsibility.
2. The argument isn’t about improvement or elimination.
3. CORRECT. This directly connects the reasoning: asking people to act in a way that undermines their goals is dishonest.
4. Inducing others to accept something you don’t accept isn’t what’s happening here.
5. There’s nothing about failure to disclose conflicting ideals.