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No one who lacks knowledge of a subject is competent to pass judgment on that subject. Since political know-how is a matter, not of adhering to technical rules, but of insight and style learned through apprenticeship and experience, only seasoned politicians are competent to judge whether a particular political policy is fair to all.
A major weakness of the argument is that it
(A) relies on a generalization about the characteristic that makes someone competent to pass judgment
(B) fails to give specific examples to illustrate how political know-how can be acquired
(C) uses the term "apprenticeship" to describe what is seldom a formalized relationship
(D) equates political know-how with understanding the social implications of political policies
(E) assumes that when inexperienced politicians set policy they are guided by the advice of more experienced politicians

Please help unravel this one.

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21 Jan 2011, 07:30

D - when politicians have a good understanding of politics, that doenst mean, that they can also judge about the fairness of particular seasoned.
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21 Jan 2011, 13:45

I chose the correct Answer but a bit thrown off because unless someone has the Political Know How how can someone know whether the Policy is fair to all or not ?
One can eliminate B,C and E because they are out of scope . A talks about generalization and to criticise a generalization one needs to consider an exceptional scenario which does not follow the generalization . This does not holfd true here so . I chose D
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22 Jan 2011, 11:24

+1 D
Easy one.
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04 May 2011, 03:24

D straight forward
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05 May 2011, 10:03

A focuses on the way a judgement is made.
D focuses on the judgement being made itself.

Tough choice, though D seems obvious. Still my inclination is towards A.
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Re: LSAT CR Passage [#permalink] 05 May 2011, 10:03

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