In a CBC Interview, a Noted Environmentalist Said That If

question 105

Multiple Choice

In a CBC interview, a noted environmentalist said that if he were forced to choose between the lives of the last breeding pair of whales and those of a boatload of men who were out to kill them, he would sacrifice the men to save the whales. He cited the war-crimes trials after World War II for the principle that immoral laws should be resisted to protect "the higher good." This position exemplifies which of the following?

• A) Legal realism
• B) Legal positivism
• C) The law of the sea
• D) Natural law
• E) The law of equity

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