October 1997 LSAT Section 3 Question 25

The end of an action is the intended outcome of the action and not a mere by–product of the action, and the end's val...

Anna20 on March 28, 2021

Justify the intended outcome

I can see that the conclusion here is that "nothing will justify a means except an end’s value." - and therefore the correct answer will need to resemble this. I struggle to see why the correct answer is C though / E incorrect? I don't see why the intended outcome the same as the thing that actually happened

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Anna20 on March 30, 2021

Can I please follow up on this question?

Emil-Kunkin on October 7 at 02:33PM

The first clause of the first sentence tells us that the end is the thing that actually happened, so the value of the end is the value of the thing that actually happened. Thus we can just sub out the intended outcome for end, and c is just the conclusion.

E is incorrect because the passage doesn't really tell us about the actual outcome.