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Complete Question Explanation
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10837)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This question asks for the choice that describes the likely perspective of English and French creditors before the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In the fourth paragraph, the author provides that creditors of that time demanded higher interest from monarchs than from wealthy subjects, apparently to offset the additional associated risk.
Answer choice (A): There is no discussion of whether creditors believed that wealthy subjects were failing to pay their share for expansion of the empire.
Answer choice (B): This choice is entirely unsupported by the passage and thus can be confidently ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (C): Although this could have been the case, the author provides no information regarding goals for the establishment of a government with more respect for property rights.
Answer choice (D): The passage does not specify whether or not the creditors of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were aware of the paradox of omnipotence, so there is no support for the claim presented in this answer choice.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed, French and English creditors before 1688 were wary of dealing with monarchs who had a reputation for repudiating debts.
(See the complete passage discussion here: lsat/viewtopic.php?t=10837)
The correct answer choice is (E)
This question asks for the choice that describes the likely perspective of English and French creditors before the Glorious Revolution of 1688. In the fourth paragraph, the author provides that creditors of that time demanded higher interest from monarchs than from wealthy subjects, apparently to offset the additional associated risk.
Answer choice (A): There is no discussion of whether creditors believed that wealthy subjects were failing to pay their share for expansion of the empire.
Answer choice (B): This choice is entirely unsupported by the passage and thus can be confidently ruled out of contention.
Answer choice (C): Although this could have been the case, the author provides no information regarding goals for the establishment of a government with more respect for property rights.
Answer choice (D): The passage does not specify whether or not the creditors of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were aware of the paradox of omnipotence, so there is no support for the claim presented in this answer choice.
Answer choice (E): This is the correct answer choice. As discussed, French and English creditors before 1688 were wary of dealing with monarchs who had a reputation for repudiating debts.