I'm not sure about the last paragraph especially the last sentence...
So the author says voluntariness is not the thing to decide how far the government can regulate policies, correct?
What are "specific considerations" and what is "proxies"?
I thought "value making" is the one, but it's plural, so not sure what other things are.
What does the author mean in this sentence?
LSAT Forum
2 postsPage 1 of 1
-
- ganbayou
-
Thanks Received: 0
-
Atticus Finch
- Posts: 213
- Joined: June 13th, 2015
-
- ohthatpatrick
-
Thanks Received: 3808
-
Atticus Finch
- Posts: 4661
- Joined: April 01st, 2011
- This post thanked 1 time.
Re: Passage Discussion
Scale
The decision about whether the government should intervene to protect people from risk should / should not be based on whether the risk is voluntary vs. involuntary.
Author's VP/Purpose
Describe a Problem & Offer Solution
Important Lines (usually Author's view)
The author's main point is contained in 14-19 (prefaced by the classic "but/yet/however/recently" pivot. The last paragraph is also important, because the author summarizes her takeaways / suggestions here.
Paragraph 1
General misconception introduced. Author pivots into thesis.
Paragraph 2
Problem 1 with notions of Voluntary (it's a complex matter of degree, not all or nothing)
Paragraph 3
Problem 2 with notions of Voluntary (we tend to reserve that for activities with less than noble purposes)
Paragraph 4
Author's takeaways and recommendation (The govt should mainly care about saving lives, and otherwise we should get more specific and nuanced than "voluntary vs. involuntary" when it comes to special cases)
Takeaway/Pattern: The structure of the passage is easy. The thesis is in the most common place (last sentence of the 1st P, prefaced by a but/yet/however/recently). The 2nd and 3rd P's have obvious functions, because they begin "First", "Second". The hardest to interpret part is probably the author's final paragraph, because she mainly gives "voluntary vs. involuntary" a thumbs down without a clear sense of what we'd replace that with. She's basically saying, "let's primarily aim to save lives". If we're willing or unwilling to intervene in some exceptional case, let's not say it's because the risk is voluntary or involuntary. Those are just 'proxy', replacement ideas for something more nuanced. Let's get more specific and say something like, "Once in a plane, people have no control over whether it will crash" or "Skydiving is a less noble voluntary task than firefighting."
#officialexplanation
The decision about whether the government should intervene to protect people from risk should / should not be based on whether the risk is voluntary vs. involuntary.
Author's VP/Purpose
Describe a Problem & Offer Solution
Important Lines (usually Author's view)
The author's main point is contained in 14-19 (prefaced by the classic "but/yet/however/recently" pivot. The last paragraph is also important, because the author summarizes her takeaways / suggestions here.
Paragraph 1
General misconception introduced. Author pivots into thesis.
Paragraph 2
Problem 1 with notions of Voluntary (it's a complex matter of degree, not all or nothing)
Paragraph 3
Problem 2 with notions of Voluntary (we tend to reserve that for activities with less than noble purposes)
Paragraph 4
Author's takeaways and recommendation (The govt should mainly care about saving lives, and otherwise we should get more specific and nuanced than "voluntary vs. involuntary" when it comes to special cases)
Takeaway/Pattern: The structure of the passage is easy. The thesis is in the most common place (last sentence of the 1st P, prefaced by a but/yet/however/recently). The 2nd and 3rd P's have obvious functions, because they begin "First", "Second". The hardest to interpret part is probably the author's final paragraph, because she mainly gives "voluntary vs. involuntary" a thumbs down without a clear sense of what we'd replace that with. She's basically saying, "let's primarily aim to save lives". If we're willing or unwilling to intervene in some exceptional case, let's not say it's because the risk is voluntary or involuntary. Those are just 'proxy', replacement ideas for something more nuanced. Let's get more specific and say something like, "Once in a plane, people have no control over whether it will crash" or "Skydiving is a less noble voluntary task than firefighting."
#officialexplanation
2 posts Page 1 of 1