#14 - Global Reference, Point at Issue

[Administrator]

Complete Question Explanation

The correct answer choice is (D).

Answer choice (A):

Answer choice (B):

Answer choice (C):

Answer choice (D): This is the correct answer choice.

Answer choice (E):

This explanation is still in progress. Please post any questions below!

[Fightforthat170]

Hi guys,

I was struggling between B and D in this question, and I eventually went with B because it sounded fancier and I couldn't parse out the language in the moment.

Is B wrong because neither passages mentioned anything about "the range of arts organizations that can be reached by the funding" ?

[Rachael Wilkenfeld]

Hi Fightfor170,

I would say that Passage A hints at the issue, but it's completely unaddressed in Passage B. Because of that, we can't draw any conclusion about what the author of Passage B would think about the diversity of art organizations supported by tax funded arts. Good instincts here.

Keep up the good fight!

[gwlsathelp]

I'm not quite sure I see how passage B supports answer choice D. Could you explain where the author infers his disagreement? The author of A would definitely agree with it, but I don't want to fall into the trap of single-person/perspective answer type.

[gwlsathelp]

I'm not quite sure I see how passage B supports answer choice D. Could you explain where the author infers his disagreement? The author of A would definitely agree with it, but I don't want to fall into the trap of single-person/perspective answer type.

I just figured it out. The key to this is the last sentence in the first paragraph of the second author's passage.

a justification tax-funded subsidies will enable many more people to enjoy works of art
tax-funded subsidies will enable many more people to enjoy works of art a justification

Then the author states in the last sentence that, "there can no justification for art subsidies"

a justification

[betagirl]

Hi Fightfor170,

I would say that Passage A hints at the issue, but it's completely unaddressed in Passage B. Because of that, we can't draw any conclusion about what the author of Passage B would think about the diversity of art organizations supported by tax funded arts. Good instincts here.

Keep up the good fight!

Even though Passage B did not explicitly state anything about the diversity of art organizations, Passage B's last sentence on no possible justification for public funding for arts made option B desirable to me. This is because Passage B would say "No" because it thinks that nothing can justify public funding for arts but Passage A might say "Yes" at least on the diversity part of the option.

[Robert Carroll]

betagirl,

Passage A disagrees with answer choice (B), though, and, as you say, arguably Passage B does also.

For the evidence from Passage A, look at the last sentence of the first paragraph: Passage A says that the justification is not enough. Thus, it can't be in itself a justification. So Passage A directly contradicts this answer choice.

Robert Carroll

[ange.li6778]

I eliminated D because I thought passage B was saying that public funding won't result in "more widespread aesthetic enjoyment" aka most people won't like the art that the public funding provides. I didn't think that was the same thing as rejecting "public funding will increase the number of people taking advantage of cultural opportunities." Am I overthinking this? Looking back, D is the best choice but seems to contain a conflation that the LSAT usually places as a trap answer.

[mab9178]

Hi,

I thought that passage B agrees with answer-choice D because subsidizing the arts lead to the production of art that does not conform to the taste of the public. If, per author B, the public is dissatisfied with the art produced by way of the public funding, then they would not be able to take advantage of it! Therefore B agrees with D!

Am I correct?

Thank you
Mazen

[Adam Tyson]

Author A agrees with answer D. They believe that subsidies provide opportunities for people to get together "especially in amateur cultural organizations where they are participants rather than spectators" in ways that would not be possible without subsidies.

Author B, meanwhile, disagrees, saying "it is doubtful that we could guarantee more widespread aesthetic enjoyment" and "Most people will therefore get what they don't like." Thus, this author does not think that "tax-funded subsidies for the arts result in many more people's taking advantage of cultural opportunities."

Since A agrees and B disagrees, this is a point about which the two authors would disagree, and it is therefore the correct answer.