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ID: LSAT-LR-6
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Find the flaw in the Argument
Difficulty level: Hard

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The parliamentarian has often stated that no crime that impacts only a few individual victims deserves capital punishment and, therefore, capital punishment should be awarded only for the rarest of rare crimes that threaten the survival or well-being of the society as a whole. When gruesome crimes involving only one or two victims but generally viewed as deserving capital punishment are cited as possible counterexamples, the parliamentarian justifies his stance by saying that if those crimes deserve capital punishment, they cannot have impacted only a few individual victims.

The parliamentarian's reasoning contains which one of the following errors?

AIt contains an unfounded acceptance of a popular opinion.

BIt relies on the parliamentarian's authority on legal or sociological matters.

CIt seeks to convince by emotion rather than logic.

DIt attempts to substantiate a viewpoint by appeal to an unrelated contemplation.

EIt assumes what it intends to substantiate.