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LSAT

Category - Logical Reasoning

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Librarian: “Basing restrictions on loaning books to library patrons on the books’ content is absurd. The library is a place of learning and free access to information. If we place restrictions on that access, no matter how well intentioned, the result is to stifle education.”

Concerned parent: “But many parents agree that reading books containing vulgarities is offensive and we do not want our children exposed to such language.”

The concerned parent’s rebuttal is flawed because it:
  1. Attacks the librarian's character and not her argument.
  2. Uses hyperbolic and inflammatory language in order to distract from the issue at hand.
  3. Makes a generalization from one anecdotal situation.
  4. Uses reasoning that does not respond to the librarian’s main point.
  5. Uses an ad hominem attack instead of responding to the argument.
Explanation
Answer: D - The concerned parent’s rebuttal is flawed because it does not respond to the librarian’s main point. The librarian is asserting that placing restrictions on who can check out a book at a library restricts access to information and stifles education. The fact that many do not want their children exposed to vulgar language does not refute this point, and so D is the correct answer.
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