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LSAT Explanations » LSAT Preptest 70 » Reading Comprehension » Question 26

LSAT 70, Reading Comprehension, Q26

LSAT 70 Explanations

RC Question 26 Explanation

DISCUSSION: As with the other specific detail questions on this passage, you can and should support the right answer using a few lines from the passage.

The wrong answers all refer to concepts out of context. They’re intended to trick you, if your understanding of the passage was incomplete.

___________

  1. This is very extreme. Any activity could involve a loss of human life….even getting out of bed!
    The author doesn’t necessarily think that every activity must be made safer. Especially since we have a limited budget (lines 48-49).
  2. CORRECT. Lines 21-25 support this. Most risks are voluntary to a certain degree, including environmental risks. Presumably some environmental risks are therefore risky to a greater degree than others.
  3. It’s true that the author supports policy experts. The author thinks experts are right that we should focus on saving lives.
    But the author doesn’t think that experts are necessarily any good at judging what is voluntary. The point of the passage is that voluntariness is not important.
  4. Lines 48-49 say that we have limited resources. The author did not say whether those resources should be increased.
  5. Actually, the author spends two paragraphs trashing the beliefs of ordinary people. We ordinary folk focus on voluntariness, but voluntariness is not a useful concept. Nowhere does the author say that it’s important to listen to us regular people.

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  1. Raziel Kohanbash says

    July 27, 2018 at 5:25 pm

    Hey! Regarding LSAT 70– Section 2, Q. 27 the author uses the term “may” in the passage, but the answer choice uses a definitive term “are”… how do we know he/she 100% agrees with the statement?

    Thank you!

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    • TutorLucas (LSAT Hacks) says

      August 19, 2018 at 9:56 pm

      The author uses the term “may” to refer to certain cases, e.g. collision with an asteroid. However, they also indicate that “with most environmental, occupational, and other social risks, it’s not an all-or-nothing matter, but one of degree.” That’s a very definitive statement: some environmental risks are incurred with a greater degree of voluntariness than others. That’s why (B) is correct.

      Reply

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