Logical ReasoningDifficulty: Easy

PT15 S3 Q4 Explanation

The frequently expressed view that

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Stimulus

The frequently expressed view that written constitutions are inherently more liberal than unwritten ones is false. No written constitution is more than a paper with words on it until those words are both interpreted and applied. Properly understood, then, a constitution is the sum of those procedures through which the power of constitution only when it is interpreted and applied in a liberal way.

What this question is testing

Main Conclusion

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.

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The question
4.

The main point of the argument above

Answer choices

  1. Correct88% picked this

    written constitutions are no more inherently liberal than are

    Why this is right

    Answer A is correct.

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

  2. Trap4% picked this

    the idea of a written constitution, properly understood, is

  3. Trap1% picked this

    unwritten constitutions are less subject to misinterpretation than are constitutions that have

  4. Trap0% picked this

    liberal constitutions are extremely difficult to

  5. Trap7% picked this

    there are criteria for evaluating the interpretation and application of

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