December 2003 LSAT Section 4 Question 22

Only a minority of those who engage in political action do so out of a sense of social justice. Therefore, some peopl...

Julia96 on August 17, 2022

Clarification/Drawn Out

Would someone please help me diagram the premise/argument and the answer choices? I'm struggling to compare my diagram of the argument with those in the answer choices.

Create a free account to read and take part in forum discussions.

Already have an account? log in

Emil-Kunkin on August 21, 2022

Hi,

The argument tells us that only few people who do X do it because they are motivated by Y. So, some-people who are motivated by Y do not do X.

A tells us that most people who are Xs are not motivated by Y, so therefore some people who are motivated by Y are not Xs.