lsat 17 (1.2) questions

1stzhang · 发表于 2003-5-30 18:05:00

[face=Georgia]22. The 1980's have been characterized as a period of selfish individualism that threatens the cohesion of society. But this characterization is true of any time. Throughout history all human actions have been motivated by selfishness. When the deeper implications are considered. even the simplest "unselfish" acts prove to be instances of selfish concern for the human species.

Which one of the following is a flaw in the argument?

(A) The claim that selfishness has been present throughout history is not actually relevant to the argument.

(B) No statistical evidence is provided to show that humans act selfishly more often than act unselfishly.

(C) The argument assumes that selfishness is unique to the present age.

(D) The argument mentions only humans and does not consider the behavior of other species.

(E) The argument relies on two different uses of the term selfish.

这个题目原文的文字游戏把我又给晃晕了?答案是E,请解释一下原文和如何排除其他答案得到最后的答案E.

shanna: Owners of any work of art, simply by virtue of ownership, ethically have the right to destroy that artwork if they find morally or aesthetically distasteful, or if caring for it becomes inconvenient.

jorge: Ownership of unique artworks, unlike ownership of other kinds of objects, carries the moral right to possess but not to destroy. A unique work of art with aesthetic or historical value belongs to posterity and so must be preserved. whatever the personal wishes of its legal owner.

24. Which one of the following principles, if accepted would contribute most to Shanna's defense of her position against that of Jorge?

(A) Truly great works of art are never morally or aesthetically distasteful to any serious student of the history of art.

(B) The right of future generations to have their artistic heritage preserved is of greater importance than the rights of any presently living individual.

(C) It would be imprudent to allow the present stock of artworks to be destroyed without some guarantee that the artists of the future will produce works as great as those produced in the past.

(D) There are certain entities over which no one would be ethically justified in claiming absolute rights to ownership.

(E) The autonomy of individuals to do what they wish with what is theirs must not be compromised, in the absence of a threat to anyone's health or safety.

这个题目我觉得E说的也十分含糊,怎么E会是答案呢?[/face]

siebel · 发表于 2003-5-30 23:10:00

22 selfish如何如何，严格意义上讲：unselfish也是selfish。e就是在说这是文字游戏
24 e改为：The autonomy of individuals to do what they wish with what is theirs must not be compromised. 可能更符合答案。不过加上后半句，反对J还是绰绰有余。

mindfree · 发表于 2003-5-31 02:47:00

1. one selfishness is for individual (first sentence), while the other is for human species (last sentence)

2. E states that owners can do whatever they want to do with their possession or property, as long as the action will not cause harm to others' health safety (no moral obligation). So destroying the art works one owns is part of what E covers. So E is for Shannon's opinion.

ExBai_07 · 发表于 2003-5-31 05:18:00

两位斑竹说的都有道理，在考试中都可以作为判断的技巧，是不是还可以这样理解：第一句中的selfish是作为形容词，修饰individualism,确定其性质，后面的selfish作为名词，是指人性或人们行动的动机；
第二题的in the absence of a threat to anyone's health or safety不能省略，因为它确立了一种限制条件，即threat to anyone's health or safety，除此之外不用考虑belongs to posterity and so must be preserved的问题，构成了反驳。

ldmt · 发表于 2013-4-28 09:13:06

第一个selfish是说自利主义，有利自己
第二个是人类的自利，而这可能是利他（其他人）的
所以两个selfish不同

ldmt · 发表于 2013-4-28 09:14:39

mindfree 发表于 2003-5-31 02:47
1. one selfishness is for individual (first sentence), while the other is for human species (last se ...

正解，解释里面说的就是这个意思

lsat 17 (1.2) questions

lsat 17 (1.2) questions

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