Which of the Following Is True Under the Restatement of Contracts,Section

question 66

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true under the Restatement of Contracts,Section 16,regarding the claim of Charles that he should be able to avoid the contract involving Tessa because he was intoxicated?

• A) Contracts of an intoxicated person are voidable if the other party had reason to know that because of the intoxicated person's condition, that person was unable to understand the nature and consequences of the transaction or was unable to act in a reasonable manner in relation to the transaction.
• B) Contracts of an intoxicated person are void if the other party had reason to know that because of the intoxicated person's condition, that person was unable to understand the nature and consequences of the transaction or was unable to act in a reasonable manner in relation to the transaction.
• C) Contracts of an intoxicated person are enforceable because a person should be bound by his or her actions.
• D) Contracts of an intoxicated person are void only if it can be proven that the other party was involved in encouraging the abuse of alcohol by the intoxicated person rendering the intoxicated person unable to understand the nature and consequences of the transaction or unable to act in a reasonable manner in relation to the transaction.
• E) Contracts of an intoxicated person are voidable only if it can be proven that the other party was involved in encouraging the abuse of alcohol by the intoxicated person rendering the intoxicated person unable to understand the nature and consequences of the transaction or unable to act in a reasonable manner in relation to the transaction.

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Definitions:

Instrumentally Valuable

Something valued not for its own sake, but for the utility it brings in achieving something else considered as an end.

Permissible

Allowed or permitted within a certain set of rules, laws, or ethical guidelines.

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A philosopher best known for her contributions to moral philosophy and bioethics, including her influential defense of abortion rights in "A Defense of Abortion."