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#25156
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10362)
The correct answer choice is (A)
The answer to this global structure question is already prephrased in our VIEWSTAMP analysis above: two sides in a debate are described and a third perspective is used to reconcile them.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice, as it matches our prephrase of the passage structure.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice implies—incorrectly—that the utility maximization principle is used to decide between two sides in a debate. The author indicates no preference for either side; the main point is to show that the two positions are not fundamentally in conflict.
Answer choice (C): The utility maximization principle is used not to discredit two beliefs, but to reconcile them.
Answer choice (D): There is no evidence that the two sides of the debate provided an instance of, or concrete evidence in support of, the utility maximization principle.
Answer choice (E): This is the Opposite answer: the utility maximization principle is not used to highlight the differences between two sides in a debate, but rather to show that they are not fundamentally in conflict.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10362)
The correct answer choice is (A)
The answer to this global structure question is already prephrased in our VIEWSTAMP analysis above: two sides in a debate are described and a third perspective is used to reconcile them.
Answer choice (A): This is the correct answer choice, as it matches our prephrase of the passage structure.
Answer choice (B): This answer choice implies—incorrectly—that the utility maximization principle is used to decide between two sides in a debate. The author indicates no preference for either side; the main point is to show that the two positions are not fundamentally in conflict.
Answer choice (C): The utility maximization principle is used not to discredit two beliefs, but to reconcile them.
Answer choice (D): There is no evidence that the two sides of the debate provided an instance of, or concrete evidence in support of, the utility maximization principle.
Answer choice (E): This is the Opposite answer: the utility maximization principle is not used to highlight the differences between two sides in a debate, but rather to show that they are not fundamentally in conflict.