As Humans, Our Primary Concern(s) with the Present Mass Extinction

question 15

Multiple Choice

As humans, our primary concern(s) with the present mass extinction should be that

• A) this extinction is unnatural and avoidable.
• B) numerous potential products will never be developed if the biological sources that provide them disappear.
• C) humans populations might be seriously impacted if the ecosystems we depend on disappear.
• D) all of the above

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Definitions:

Social Control

Mechanisms, strategies, and institutions society uses to regulate individual and group behaviors to conform to and enforce norms and rules.

Administered

Managed or directed; the implementation and execution of rules, operations, or care by an individual or authority.

Frankfurt School

A group of mid-20th-century theorists who combined Marxist economic analysis with Freudian psychoanalysis to critique culture and society.

Political Sites

Online or physical spaces where political activity, discussion, and engagement occur.