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Logical Reasoning · Principle (Conform)

PrepTest 151 · Section 2 · Question 4

Phase 1 (your first ~400 questions): read the guidance, then answer. No clock.

Step 1 · Pre-Question Guidance · read this first

Question type
Principle (Conform)
The one idea it tests
A person defends an action by showing they would accept its effects on themselves, from anyone who does it.
The basic logic
Find what the speaker offers as their defense. Here it is a willingness to take the results personally and to accept others doing the same thing. The right principle must match both parts.
Tiny words that decide it
  • “myself”
  • “others”
  • “justified if”

Playground logic

Nadia's top bun says her hard-tag rule is fine. Her patty: she plays the game herself, and she is happy for anyone to tag her hard too. The principle says an act is okay if you will take its effects, done by you or by others.

Step 2 · The kid story

Hard Tags Allowed

At recess, Nadia set the rules for freeze tag: hard tags allowed. Owen said, "That could knock someone over." Nadia shrugged. "Maybe. But I'm playing too, every single day. And if anyone wants to tag me hard, go for it. I won't complain." Marcus leaned to Priya. "Is that a good reason?" Priya took a slow sip of juice. "Whether it's a good reason is a different question. But I can tell you what her reason is. She's saying: if I'm willing to take it, from me or from you, then it's fair to do." Lulu wrote it down. "Rule: okay if you'll take it yourself." Biscuit ran across the field and got tagged hard by nobody, because he was too fast.

Step 3 · Try the model question

Nadia lets players tag hard in freeze tag, even though some say it could knock someone over. She points out that she plays every day herself, and that she does not mind if others tag her hard as well.

Nadia's reasoning best fits which rule?

Choices

Step 4 · The courtroom tale

The Spicy Chili Hearing

A cook was sued for putting ghost peppers in the town chili. "Your Honor," said Mr. Whitfield, "my client eats this chili every Sunday. And he says any cook in town may serve him the same fiery bowl. He'll eat it and smile." The judge raised an eyebrow. "So his defense is: I take the heat myself, and I'll take it from others too?" "Exactly, Your Honor." The judge said, "That tells me what rule he lives by. Whether the town agrees is another matter." The jury reached for water. The cook, sweating happily, gave a thumbs up.

Step 5 · Work the real question

Open PrepTest 151, Section 2, Question 4 in your official copy from LSAC (for example in LawHub) and read it there.

Your answer

How to apply it

Strip the argument down to the reasons the speaker gives for the action. List each one: maybe they accept the results personally, maybe they accept others doing the same. Then find the principle that matches every reason, not just one. Eliminate principles that rely on what others plan, on counting benefits, on full analysis, or on no harm at all, unless the speaker actually leans on them.