Hospitals, universities, labor unions

Answer choices

1. A

   Unsupported Distinction1% picked this

   What is true of some social organizations is not necessarily true of

   Obviously this safely worded idea is true in the real world, but there's nothing in the paragraph that distinguishes some organizations from others. We're never allowed, on LSAT, to assume that The Only Ones Mentioned = The Only Ones For Which This is True

   1%
2. B

   Correct81% picked this

   An organization can have a property that not all of its

   Why this is right

   This straddles the pivot: the members are performing selfish actions; the organization is performing public actions.

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

   81%
3. C

   Out of Scope: claim altruism7% picked this

   People often claim altruistic motives for actions that are in

   Nothing in the passage tells us that the employees claim to be altruistic.

   7%
4. D

   Out of Scope: founders / unintended4% picked this

   Many social institutions have social consequences unintended by those who

   We aren't told anything about who founded these institutions or what their intentions were.

   4%
5. E

   Too Strong7% picked this

   Often an instrument created for one purpose will be found to serve another purpose

   Too Strong: just as effectively Out of Scope: another purpose We could call these institutions an instrument created for the purpose of achieving public purposes. Could we say that these institutions serve the purpose equally effectively of having their employees perform their duties for selfish reasons? That sounds really confusing and like an overstretch of language. Could we say that the employees were created for the purpose of selfish action, but serve the purpose just as well of achieving the public services provided by these institutions? Almost, but it seems really weird to say these employees are an instrument created for one purpose.

   7%