MCAT Critical Analysis and Reasoning Skills Question 78: Answer and Explanation

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Question: 78

6. All of the following are claims made by the author EXCEPT:

  • A. ethical vegetarianism aims to avoid the consumption of animal and human flesh.
  • B. vegetarianism remains far from the ethical ideal it is purported to be.
  • C. animal ethicists rely on a shared subjectivity between humans and animals to ground their theories.
  • D. vegetarianism is fundamentally deconstructive.

Correct Answer: D

Explanation:

D This is a Retrieval/EXCEPT question.

A: No. This claim is made in paragraph 2: "Clearly, ethical vegetarianism aims at avoiding consumption of animal flesh-and presumably human flesh, as well."

B: No. This statement is made in paragraph 1: "A vegetarian diet within the context of advanced, industrial societies is, at best, a significant challenge to dominant attitudes and practices toward animals, but it remains far from the kind of ethical idea it is sometimes purported to be."

C: No. This statement is made word for word in paragraph 1 of the passage.

D: Yes. In paragraph 1 the author states that "Vegetarianism is fundamentally deconstructible." This is different from saying it is "deconstructive," since the former term indicates that vegetarianism can be deconstructed, while the latter suggests it can deconstruct other things.

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