Events & Promotions
|
|
GMAT Club Daily Prep
Thank you for using the timer - this advanced tool can estimate your performance and suggest more practice questions. We have subscribed you to Daily Prep Questions via email.
Customized
for You
Track
Your Progress
Practice
Pays
Not interested in getting valuable practice questions and articles delivered to your email? No problem, unsubscribe here.
Nov 2007:30 AM PST
-08:30 AM PST
Learn what truly sets the UC Riverside MBA apart and how it helps in your professional growth
Nov 2001:30 PM EST
-02:30 PM IST
Learn how Kamakshi achieved a GMAT 675 with an impressive 96th %ile in Data Insights. Discover the unique methods and exam strategies that helped her excel in DI along with other sections for a balanced and high score.
Nov 1912:30 PM EST
-01:30 PM EST
Learn how Keshav, a Chartered Accountant, scored an impressive 705 on GMAT in just 30 days with GMATWhiz's expert guidance. In this video, he shares preparation tips and strategies that worked for him, including the mock, time management, and more
Nov 2211:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Do RC/MSR passages scare you? e-GMAT is conducting a masterclass to help you learn – Learn effective reading strategies Tackle difficult RC & MSR with confidence Excel in timed test environment- Nov 23
11:00 AM IST
-01:00 PM IST
Attend this free GMAT Algebra Webinar and learn how to master the most challenging Inequalities and Absolute Value problems with ease. 
Nov 2407:00 PM PST
-08:00 PM PST
Full-length FE mock with insightful analytics, weakness diagnosis, and video explanations!
Nov 2510:00 AM EST
-11:00 AM EST
Prefer video-based learning? The Target Test Prep OnDemand course is a one-of-a-kind video masterclass featuring 400 hours of lecture-style teaching by Scott Woodbury-Stewart, founder of Target Test Prep and one of the most accomplished GMAT instructors.
nightblade354
Expert
Current Student
Joined: 31 Jul 2017
Last visit: 19 Nov 2025
Posts: 1,781
Given Kudos: 3,304
Status:He came. He saw. He conquered. -- Going to Business School -- Corruptus in Extremis
Location: United States (MA)
Concentration: Finance, Economics
Schools: Darden '25 (M)
Expert reply
16 Feb 2019, 08:34
Kudos
Bookmarks
A
Be sure to select an answer first to save it in the Error Log before revealing the correct answer (OA)!
Difficulty:
95%
(hard)
Question Stats:
40% (02:23) correct
60%
(02:33)
wrong
based on 503
sessions
History
Date
Time
Result
Not Attempted Yet
Bowers: A few theorists hold the extreme view that society could flourish in a condition of anarchy, the absence of government. Some of these theorists have even produced interesting arguments to support that position. One writer, for example, contends that anarchy is laissez-faire capitalism taken to its logical extreme. But these theorists’ views ignore the fundamental principle of social philosophy—that an acceptable social philosophy must promote peace and order. Any social philosophy that countenances chaos, i.e., anarchy, accordingly deserves no further attention.
The reasoning in Bowers’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that
(A) the meaning of a key term shifts illicitly during the course of the argument
(B) the argument fails to show that laissez-faire capitalism deserves to be rejected as a social philosophy
(C) the truth or falsity of a view is not determined by the number of people who accept it as true
(D) the argument presumes, without providing justification, that any peaceful society will flourish
(E) it is unreasonable to reject a view merely because it can be described as extreme
LSAT 1.PNG [ 165.59 KiB | Viewed 7614 times ]
The reasoning in Bowers’s argument is most vulnerable to criticism on the grounds that
(A) the meaning of a key term shifts illicitly during the course of the argument
(B) the argument fails to show that laissez-faire capitalism deserves to be rejected as a social philosophy
(C) the truth or falsity of a view is not determined by the number of people who accept it as true
(D) the argument presumes, without providing justification, that any peaceful society will flourish
(E) it is unreasonable to reject a view merely because it can be described as extreme
Attachment:
LSAT 1.PNG [ 165.59 KiB | Viewed 7614 times ]
Updated on: 11 Jul 2021, 05:27
Originally posted by GMATGuruNY on 11 Jul 2021, 03:18.
Last edited by GMATGuruNY on 11 Jul 2021, 05:27, edited 1 time in total.
Last edited by GMATGuruNY on 11 Jul 2021, 05:27, edited 1 time in total.
Kudos
Bookmarks
Theorists:
Society could flourish in a condition of anarchy, the absence of government.
Here:
anarchy = ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT
Author:
Any social philosophy that countenances chaos, i.e., anarchy, deserves no further attention.
Here:
anarchy = CHAOS
Whereas the theorists define anarchy as an absence of government, the author defines it as chaos.
Since the two definitions are not the same, the author's criticism is invalid.
Option A describes this flaw:
The meaning of a key term (anarchy) shifts illicitly during the course of the argument (from an absence of government to chaos).
Note:
This type of flaw -- in which one party defines a term as X, while another defines it as Y -- appears with some frequency on the LSAT but only rarely, if at all, on the GMAT.
Society could flourish in a condition of anarchy, the absence of government.
Here:
anarchy = ABSENCE OF GOVERNMENT
Author:
Any social philosophy that countenances chaos, i.e., anarchy, deserves no further attention.
Here:
anarchy = CHAOS
Whereas the theorists define anarchy as an absence of government, the author defines it as chaos.
Since the two definitions are not the same, the author's criticism is invalid.
Option A describes this flaw:
The meaning of a key term (anarchy) shifts illicitly during the course of the argument (from an absence of government to chaos).
Note:
This type of flaw -- in which one party defines a term as X, while another defines it as Y -- appears with some frequency on the LSAT but only rarely, if at all, on the GMAT.
General Discussion
16 Feb 2019, 08:53
Kudos
Bookmarks
Hello ,
C , D , E are out of scope.
So I selected B but I could not understand the reasoning behind A
Posted from my mobile device
C , D , E are out of scope.
So I selected B but I could not understand the reasoning behind A
Posted from my mobile device
