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ID: LSAT-LR-56
Section: Logical Reasoning
Topic: Method of Reasoning
Difficulty level: Hard

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The state tourism board plans to bulldoze a coastal mangrove forest to build a new resort. The project's backers emphasize the jobs and tax revenue the resort would bring. Yet mangroves protect inland communities from storm surges and filter pollutants from seawater. Therefore, despite the promised economic benefits, the resort should not be approved.

Which one of the following principles, if valid, most helps to justify the reasoning in the argument?

AEconomic development projects should be approved only if they create more permanent jobs than they eliminate.

BWhenever an action would destroy a natural barrier that safeguards human life, the action should be rejected, no matter what economic gains are promised.

CTourism projects that damage ecosystems can offset the harm by funding conservation programs elsewhere in the region.

DProtecting coastal wetlands is important, but not as important as reducing unemployment in nearby communities.

EIf a development increases tax revenue enough to improve public services, its environmental impact can generally be considered acceptable.

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