PrepTest 110, Section 4, Question 19
Philosopher Denise Meyerson views the Critical Legal Studies(440 more words not shown)
The phrase "far-reaching implications" (last(10 more words not shown)
- Aany choice made(10 more words not shown)
- Bevery legal question(9 more words not shown)
- Ctwo or more(11 more words not shown)
- Dno legal question(6 more words not shown)
- Ethe most relevant(11 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
My first reaction is that “far-reaching implications” means CLS takes a real problem too far. But that only explains the phrase generally. The question asks which particular idea it refers to.
What we’re looking for
Values can conflict. Two answers can even be equally compelling. What doesn't follow, according to Meyerson, is that choosing between them must be arbitrary or irrational. That's the extra step we're looking for.
Working the answers
- ACorrect
Paragraph 2 says CLS regards the choice as “necessarily” arbitrary or irrational. Paragraph 3 rejects that consequence: even when one answer isn't uniquely required, choosing it can still be reasonable.
- B
The presence of values isn't the disputed consequence. Meyerson herself discusses conflicting values and how to rank them. The issue is what their conflict supposedly makes impossible: a rational choice.
- C
Meyerson expressly allows two answers to be equally compelling. Her point is that this possibility doesn't make choosing one irrational. C gives us the situation she accepts, not the consequence she rejects.
- D
This is close. CLS does deny a uniquely right solution, but Meyerson's response goes further: even without a single required answer, a choice can remain reasonable. D stops at the lack of one answer; A identifies the claim about irrationality that she says doesn't follow.
- E
This proposes a standard for judging solutions. The phrase instead refers to CLS's conclusion that conflict makes choosing arbitrary. No claim about the most relevant judging criterion is being identified here.
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