December 2004 LSAT Section 2 Question 7

Trust, which cannot be sustained in the absence of mutual respect, is essential to any long–lasting relationship, per...

JYL on February 16, 2022

Answer Choice B

I understand how one would get to A as an answer. When I initially chose B, I thought I understood what it meant, but now I'm confused.. What does it mean when it says "In the context of any professional relationship, mutual respect presupposes trust," and how would you diagram it?

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Emil-Kunkin on March 18, 2022

Hi JYL,

This is a doozy to diagram. We could take B to mean that for any relationship, MR presupposes trust. That is to say, MR relies on or needs trust, or in other words, that trust is necessary for mutual respect. We could diagram this as

If MR -> trust.

This flips sufficient and necessary from the first clause of the stimulus.