All of the Following Are Factors of Significance in Determining

question 58

Multiple Choice

All of the following are factors of significance in determining the ethical intensity of a Congressional decision to dramatically cut Social Security benefits in the year 2050 except:

• A) probability of effect
• B) magnitude of consequences
• C) temporal immediacy
• D) none of these would be factors of significance

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Definitions:

Vector Organisms

Living organisms such as mosquitoes, ticks, and fleas that can transmit infectious pathogens between humans, or from animals to humans.

Climate Change

A long-term change in the Earth's climate, especially a change due to an increase in the average atmospheric temperature.

Increases

The action or process of becoming greater in size, number, value, or amount.

Social Construction

The theory that much of what is perceived as reality is shaped by the shared beliefs and attitudes of a society.