Which of the Following Could We Infer from Sinnott-Armstrong's Argument

question 871

Multiple Choice

Which of the following could we infer from Sinnott-Armstrong's argument that the greenhouse gas emissions from a single joyride will not cause anyone any harm?

• A) It is sometimes possible for a large number of actions to cause great harm although none of the individual actions causes any harm.
• B) Whenever a large number of actions, taken together, cause great harm, it must be because at least some of those actions cause at least some harm.
• C) Because individual's greenhouse gas emissions do not cause any harm, global warming as a whole will not cause significant harm.
• D) When we cannot be sure whether an action will cause harm, that is morally equivalent to saying that the action will not cause harm.

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