LSAT 17, Logical Reasoning I, Q19, LSATHacks

LR Question 19 Explanation, by LSATHacks

QUESTION TEXT: Dillworth: More and more people are deciding not to…

QUESTION TYPE: Main Point

CONCLUSION: Travers points out that Dillworth ignores an important fact.

REASONING: Dillworth had acknowledged that children often express ingratitude towards their parents. Travers points out that this ingratitude often comes because children reject their parents’ values.

ANALYSIS: Dillworth’s main point was that children are a way to pass on your values. That advantage can make up for the ingratitude that children often display. But if Travers is correct then ungrateful children will rarely adopt a parent’s values.

Dillworth had claimed that factors such as ingratitude are irrelevant. Travers pointed out that they can affect whether parental values are passed on.

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1. Dillworth did not claim that children only acquire values from their parents. He said children are the best way to pass on your own values. But children can get values from elsewhere.
2. Travers is more specific than this. He points out that one disadvantage (ingratitude) will prevent children from accepting their parents’ values.
3. This isn’t it. Travers didn’t claim that children have deeply held values.
4. Travers doesn’t say this is completely irrelevant. It may be possible to pass on values when children don’t become ungrateful.
5. CORRECT. Yes. Dillworth said such considerations “have no bearing on that fact that children provide the best chance…values live on after them.” Travers points out that ingratitude is relevant: it often means that parents will be unable to pass on their values.

Recap: The question begins with “Dillworth: More and more people are deciding not to”. It is a Identify The Conclusion question. Learn how to master LSAT Identify questions on the LSAT Logical Reasoning question types page.

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