LSAT 70, Reading Comprehension, Q24

DISCUSSION: For questions like this, there will be a few lines that directly support the right answer. If you don’t find those lines, you’re just guessing. With a small bit of practice you can learn to find lines within 3-5 seconds.

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1. Lines 48-50 and 38-39 directly contradict this. The author cares mainly about how many lives we can save.
2. CORRECT. Lines 9-13 support this. Voluntariness is a difference between expert judgments and regular judgments. Experts care about lives saved, regular people care whether an activity was voluntary.
3. The passage never says what other risks airline passengers face, apart from crashes.
4. The whole point of the passage is that voluntariness is not a useful concept. The author doesn’t care whether or how we decide that something is voluntary.
5. Lines 21-25 touch on this. The author doesn’t give an exhaustive opinion on what risks are completely involuntary. They only mention asteroid risks – there could be other involuntary risks as well.

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