LSAT 159 | Section 2 | Reading Comprehension: Q25

RC Question 25 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: The author distinguishes two senses of “exclusive right” in the …

DISCUSSION: The author explains that exclusive can mean two things:

1. Excluding others from the object
2. Occupying a special position that others don’t have

The author makes this distinction to criticize the boundary theory, which assumes that exclusivity = exclusion, and to introduce the agenda-setting theory (which uses the second sense).

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1. The bundle of rights theory isn’t related to this discussion.
2. CORRECT. The distinction between two meanings of “exclusive” is used to show that boundary theory relies on the first sense, while agenda-setting relies on the second.
3. The author says it’s incomplete, not unintelligible.
4. The distinction is made between boundary and agenda-setting, not bundle of rights.
5. The author criticizes the boundary theory, not all other theories.