Why Are There Ethical Concerns About Pressuring Poor Countries to Industrialize

question 22

Multiple Choice

Why are there ethical concerns about pressuring poor countries to industrialize in an environmentally friendly way?

• A)Wealthy countries are sacrificing their own environmental welfare in order to improve the environmental welfare of poor countries.
• B)Poor countries will not benefit from improving the environment as much as wealthy countries will.
• C)Wealthy countries caused the pollution problem while industrializing nations are now asking poor countries not to do the same.
• D)Some new environmentally friendly technologies may be more dangerous for workers than older technologies.

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