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#36449
Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=7465)
The correct answer choice is (E)
Questions that ask you to provide a title for the passage are Main Point questions, and you must be
careful to match the answer choice you select to the statements of main point in the passage.
Answer choice (A): The passage mentions that ethics are currently more fl exible; however, the author
actually concludes that the important ethical considerations—benefi cence and professionalism—are
essentially the same. This title would be more likely to describe an article written by the critics in
lines 13-15, so this response is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This response is based on an overreaction to the criticism in lines 17-24. The
“Hypocritical Oafs” is a catchy, nearly homophonic pun; however, once again, the author does not
take up an insulting attack on those critics.
Answer choice (C): Since the author did not discuss genetics, it does not seem likely that this should
be the title of his article. This response does capture the author’s point that the origins of the oath are
irrelevant to its usefulness, but this response mistakenly projects that point beyond the scope of the
passage.
Answer choice (D): This title would more appropriately be applied to an article written by the critics,
probably those mentioned in lines 24-28, so this response is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This response neatly captures the presence
of both the critic’s arguments (“Major Surgery”) and the author’s points (“Facelift”). In addition,
the prescriptive choice between two courses of action that both result in some degree of change
properly allows for the author’s idea that some change is needed but not necessarily a major change.
“Prescription for the Hippocratic Oath” correctly limits the passage to the discussion of the oath in
particular.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=7465)
The correct answer choice is (E)
Questions that ask you to provide a title for the passage are Main Point questions, and you must be
careful to match the answer choice you select to the statements of main point in the passage.
Answer choice (A): The passage mentions that ethics are currently more fl exible; however, the author
actually concludes that the important ethical considerations—benefi cence and professionalism—are
essentially the same. This title would be more likely to describe an article written by the critics in
lines 13-15, so this response is incorrect.
Answer choice (B): This response is based on an overreaction to the criticism in lines 17-24. The
“Hypocritical Oafs” is a catchy, nearly homophonic pun; however, once again, the author does not
take up an insulting attack on those critics.
Answer choice (C): Since the author did not discuss genetics, it does not seem likely that this should
be the title of his article. This response does capture the author’s point that the origins of the oath are
irrelevant to its usefulness, but this response mistakenly projects that point beyond the scope of the
passage.
Answer choice (D): This title would more appropriately be applied to an article written by the critics,
probably those mentioned in lines 24-28, so this response is incorrect.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. This response neatly captures the presence
of both the critic’s arguments (“Major Surgery”) and the author’s points (“Facelift”). In addition,
the prescriptive choice between two courses of action that both result in some degree of change
properly allows for the author’s idea that some change is needed but not necessarily a major change.
“Prescription for the Hippocratic Oath” correctly limits the passage to the discussion of the oath in
particular.