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May 2020 LSAT Section 3 Question 17

Mateo: Global warming has caused permafrost to melt under several arctic villages, forcing all their inhabitants to r...

NJP on April 2, 2022

Please explain..

Why is the answer D and not E?

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Emil-Kunkin on April 15, 2022

Hi NJP,

E and D look fairly similar at first glance. However, E states that the industry has an obligation to specific communities "only if" it has an obligation to pay for all damage produced by warming. Only if introduces a necessary condition, and we are never told that the industry does have this obligation, E does not help to justify the argument.