In Cooper V

question 57

Multiple Choice

In Cooper v.Hobart,the issue was whether or not the Registrar of Mortgage Brokers owed a duty of care to investors.The Supreme Court of Canada held that

• A) there was insufficient proximity to found a duty of care, but that even if there had been a prima facie duty of care, it would have been negated for overriding policy reasons.
• B) there was insufficient proximity to found a duty of care, but that the Registrar was negligent nonetheless.
• C) there was insufficient proximity to found a duty of care, but that the investors should be entitled to compensation from the Registrar this notwithstanding.
• D) the Registrar owed the investors a duty of care, and the tremendous cost to the taxpaying public was irrelevant.
• E) the Registrar owed the investors a duty of care, but public policy grounds cannot be argued in a civil matter.

Explore the role of reason, emotion, and cultural assumptions in moral reasoning and the critique of these elements by feminist philosophers.

Engage in critical analysis of dialogues and arguments relating to diverse theories of morality.

Understand Nietzsche's critique of traditional morality and explore the relationship between morality and creativity.

Understand the various theories of the social contract and their implications for society.

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