PT 56, S2, Q17 - Glen: An emphasis on law's purely

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Question Type: Identify the Disagreement

Glen states that 1. Emphasis on law procedure leads to indifference, and 2. Law should create virtuous citizens.

Sara states that 1. Such a role (creating virtuous citizens) would be more dangerous than government’s being overprotective of individuals’ rights. This statement, and the important lead word "But" signify that Sara disagrees with Glen’s view of law’s primary role. Indeed, as (E) states, Sara disagrees with Glen’s conclusion that the role of law should be to create virtuous citizens.

This is like saying:

Aaron: Baking mostly cake leads to monotony. Baking’s primary role should be to make people happy.

Bob: But making people happy is really hard to do _ and that would lead to a loss of interest in baking.

Bob may actually agree that baking mostly cake leads to monotony, but he definitely does not agree with Aaron’s reasoning.

(A) is out of scope. Neither party discusses "good choices" or "government interference."
(B) is wrong for similar reasons. While it might seem at first that the two disagree on this point, a closer look reveals that neither Glen nor Sara discusses the importance of virtuousness. They just mention whether or not it is the place of government to encourage virtuousness.
(C) is a tempting choice. Sara clearly agrees with this. We have no evidence, however, regarding Glen’s opinion. For all we know, he also believe there is an inherent danger and draws his conclusion in spite of this danger. As we have no evidence that Glen disagrees, we must eliminate the choice. We cannot choose an answer simply because one party agrees. We must determine that one party explicitly agrees and the other explicitly disagrees.