Discuss the Ethics of Walking Away from a Mortgage

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Essay

Discuss the ethics of walking away from a mortgage. Be sure to include an analysis of any rationalizations.

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur, ranging from 0 (impossibility) to 1 (certainty).

Population Proportion

The fraction of the population that holds a particular trait, attribute, or characteristic of interest.

Standard Error

An estimate of the standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to assess the precision of sample estimates of population parameters.

Sampling Distribution

The probability distribution of a given statistic based on a random sample, showing how the statistic varies from sample to sample.