Q2 - Since the 1970s

by **ManhattanPrepLSAT1** Fri Dec 31, 1999 8:00 pm

Question Type
Flaw

Stimulus
The argument concludes that more environmental regulations are not the solution to environmental problems. Why? Because the government has enacted more and more environmental regulations since the 1970s and yet the environment has worsened. Yikes, clearly, the situation is bad.

Anticipate
But maybe we shouldn't be so quick to dismiss environmental regulations as the fix. Could it be that we just haven't reached a sufficient level of environmental regulations to offset for the damage we're doing?

Correct Answer
(C) suggests that environmental regulations might play a role in solving the environmental problems. After all, this makes it clear that environmental regulations do have a positive impact. Maybe we just don't have enough of them.

Incorrect Answers
(A) is out of scope. This argument does not contain an ad hominem attack. This wrong answer correctly describes the wrong flaw!

(B) is too strong. The conclusion is limited to ruling out more environmental regulations. Not all of them.

(D) is out of scope. The conclusion is about what might play a role in solving environmental problems, while this choice is about whether we should solve those problems.

(E) is contradicted. The argument is from the view of the environmentalist's opponents.

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