Which of the Following Can We Infer from Nell's Argument

question 369

Multiple Choice

Which of the following can we infer from Nell's argument that a person's right not to be killed can be violated even if his or her death is the result of the actions of many and is not immediate, certain, or intended?

• A) People are responsible for knowing all the consequences of their actions because those consequences could be dire and cause the deaths of others.
• B) A person's right not to be killed is not violated if his or her death is the result of the action of a single person who intended his or her immediate and certain death.
• C) All deaths that are unintended, uncertain, and not immediate violate the right not to be killed.
• D) Many kinds of deaths (not just famine deaths), such as those resulting from poverty, vastly inequitable distributions of global resources, and the devastation of climate change, may violate people's right not to be killed.

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