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Philosopher: Some of the most ardent philosophical opponents of democracy have rightly noted that both the inherently best and the inherently worst possible forms of government are those that concentrate political power in the hands of a few. Thus, since democracy is a consistently mediocre form of government, it is a better choice than rule by the few.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the philosopher’s argument?
(A) A society should adopt a democratic form of government if and only if most members of the society prefer a democratic form of government.
(B) In choosing a form of government, it is better for a society to avoid the inherently worst than to seek to attain the best.
(C) The best form of government is the one that is most likely to produce an outcome that is on the whole good.
(D) Democratic governments are not truly equitable unless they are designed to prevent interest groups from exerting undue influence on the political process.
(E) It is better to choose a form of government on the basis of sound philosophical reasons than on the basis of popular preference.
Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the philosopher’s argument?
(A) A society should adopt a democratic form of government if and only if most members of the society prefer a democratic form of government.
(B) In choosing a form of government, it is better for a society to avoid the inherently worst than to seek to attain the best.
(C) The best form of government is the one that is most likely to produce an outcome that is on the whole good.
(D) Democratic governments are not truly equitable unless they are designed to prevent interest groups from exerting undue influence on the political process.
(E) It is better to choose a form of government on the basis of sound philosophical reasons than on the basis of popular preference.
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EXPLANATION FROM Fox LSAT
What the hell? This argument makes no sense. Boiling it down, the logic is basically, “Both the best and worst governments concentrate power. Democracy is consistently mediocre. So it’s better than concentrating power.” Why on earth would that be the conclusion, from those facts? The answer asks us to “justify” the reasoning. So we have to take the evidence that was given and connect it to the conclusion. It must be something like, “It’s better to be mediocre than to concentrate power in the hands of the few.”
A) Not what we’re looking for.
B) This might do it. If this is true, then a country would want to avoid concentrating power because that might lead to a great government or a really **** one. So mediocrity/democracy would be fine. This is probably going to turn out to be the answer.
C) This doesn’t do it, because “mediocre” isn’t the same thing as “on the whole, good.”
D) It’s not about what’s “equitable,” i.e. fair. Fairness was never mentioned in the premises or in the conclusion. If you picked D, you really misunderstand what type of question this is. It’s a Strengthen question. We have to make the conclusion follow logically from the evidence that was actually presented. D is not even close.
E) “Philosophical reasons”? Nobody ever said anything anywhere about “philosophical reasons.” Or “popular preference” for that matter. This isn’t close.
Our answer is B because it’s the only one that connects the facts to the conclusion.
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Assimilating the passage before moving on to the answer choices, it seems as though the author is equating "rule by the few" to the worst possible form of government. So he'd rather have a "consistently mediocre" government than a government that is inherently worst. A democracy would certainly remove the possibility of a poor government however, it would also take away the possibility of having the best government.
Answer choice B fits the bill.
