Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT128 S2 Q16 Explanation

Laurel: Modern moral theories must

A free, expert breakdown of this official LSAT Logical Reasoning question.

TopicsAgree/Disagree

Keep going in LSAT Lab

  • Save & drill this skill — build targeted practice sets from questions like this one

  • Video walkthroughs — watch every question solved step by step

  • 81 official LSATs — as questions, timed sections & full-length tests

Start practicing free

Free to start

Full official LSAT questions are available through LawHub. This page provides LSAT Lab's explanation, strategy, and review tools without republishing the full official question.

Stimulus

Laurel: Modern moral theories must be jettisoned, or at least greatly reworked, because they fail to provide guidance in extreme cases, which are people most need guidance.

Miriam: A moral theory, like an overcoat, can be quite useful even if it is not useful in every possible situation. Being useful in a wide variety of need from a moral theory.

What this question is testing

Agree/Disagree

Your task

Break the argument into its conclusion and evidence, then do exactly what the question stem asks with that structure.

Common trap

Answers that sound relevant to the topic but don't connect to the argument's actual reasoning.

Winning move

Predict what a right answer must do, then test each choice against the conclusion-evidence gap.

Reading along? Open the full official question in LawHub — we show a fragment here and keep the reasoning in our own words.

The question
16.

Laurel's and Miriam's statements provide the most support for the claim that they

Answer choices

  1. Trap6% picked this

    it is preferable to develop a moral theory that provides solutions to all the moral

  2. Trap0% picked this

    people abandoned earlier moral theories when they encountered dilemmas that those theories did

  3. Correct91% picked this

    a moral theory's adequacy depends on its ability to provide guidance

    Why this is right

    Answer C is correct.

    Skill tested: Agree/Disagree · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

  4. Trap1% picked this

    just as people need different overcoats in different climates, so too do they need different moral

  5. Trap2% picked this

    a moral theory developed in the light of extreme cases is unlikely to provide adequate guidance

Continue the review in LSAT Lab

Save this question, watch the video walkthrough, and drill similar questions in your LSAT Lab account.

Save and practice this skill
LSAT Lab

Turn this review into a targeted study plan.

Save this question, drill more like it, watch the video walkthrough, and track your progress in your LSAT Lab account.

Start practicing free