October 2005 LSAT Section 1 Question 13

All societies recognize certain rules to be so crucial that they define those rules as duties, such as rules restrict...

abiGrand on December 15, 2020

Use of the word "all"

I find that the use of the word "all" is a little out of scope. There will always be clashes between self-interest and duties, but to say that all governments acknowledge it?

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shunhe on January 3, 2021

Hi @abiGrand,

Thanks for the question! This might be true. But remember, on the LSAT, we accept the premises in the argument as true! No matter how strange they might seem. So if the premises say that “all governments acknowledge it,” then for the purpose of that question, all governments acknowledge it, without exception. Because “all” on the LSAT really does mean each and every single one.

Hope this helps! Feel free to ask any other questions that you might have.