October 2010 LSAT Section 3 Question 2

Since there is no survival value in an animal's having an organ that is able to function when all its other organs ha...

lalvez on May 21 at 06:34PM

Explanation on Number 4 Conclusion

It’s a little confusing on figuring out the conclusion and the explanation aren’t helpful. I saw on the message board that we should try to use the “therefore test” and attempted to do it on #4 because I had the same issue with #2 and got it wrong. Using the therefore test, how is it not “lying is morally wrong therefore it was wrong for him to lie to his mom”. At first, I thought it was that Mark was wrong being the conclusion but using the therefore test led me to the wrong answer.

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Emil-Kunkin on May 24 at 09:42PM

I'm not sure if I'm understanding your question here. The therefore test is exactly what you said: lying is wrong, therefore he was wrong to lie. This confirms that the conclusion is that he was wrong the lie, which we see in D.