Timmerman Notes That Singer Purports to Demonstrate That the Ethical

question 4

Multiple Choice

Timmerman notes that Singer purports to demonstrate that the ethical commitments his typical readers already accept are

• A) not demanding enough to require them to donate a substantial portion of their expendable income to aid organizations.
• B) not demanding enough to make it even permissible for them to donate a substantial portion of their expendable income to aid organizations.
• C) demanding enough to make it permissible for them to donate a substantial portion of their expendable income to aid organizations.
• D) sufficiently demanding to require them to donate a substantial portion of their expendable income to aid organizations.

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Definitions:

Exchange Equilibrium

A situation in a market where the quantity demanded by consumers is equal to the quantity supplied by producers, leading to a stable price.

Marginal Rates

Rates that apply to the next level of consumption, production, or income, often used in taxation to refer to the percentage of tax applied to the next dollar earned.

Indifference Curves

Graphical representations used in microeconomics to show different combinations of two goods that provide the same level of utility or satisfaction to an individual.

Contract Curve

In economics, the locus of points representing the set of mutually beneficial (Pareto optimal) allocations of goods or resources between two or more individuals.