Which of the Following Most Accurately Illustrates the Idea of a "Marginal

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following most accurately illustrates the idea of a "marginal case"?

• A) A human being with a normally functioning brain and average upbringing.
• B) A nonhuman animal that lacks the rationality we take to be central to human-level moral status.
• C) A human being that lacks the rationality we take to be central to human-level moral status.
• D) A nonhuman animal who, in factory-farm conditions, has marginally more pleasures than pain over a lifetime.

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Definitions:

Metabolic Syndrome

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Risk Factors

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Softening of the bones due to vitamin D deficiency or impaired metabolism, leading to bone pain and weakness.