When an Infinite Value Is Placed on Human Life, Policymakers

question 108

Multiple Choice

When an infinite value is placed on human life, policymakers who rely on cost-benefit analysis

• A)are forced to pursue any project in which a single human life is saved.
• B)are likely to make decisions that optimally allocate society's scarce resources.
• C)would not pursue any public project that would not save human life.
• D)would be forced to rely on private markets to provide public goods.

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Definitions:

IR

An abbreviation for infrared spectroscopy, a method for studying molecules by observing their interaction with infrared light to identify chemical bonds and functional groups.

Medium

An environment or substance in which other materials or reactions are hosted or take place, potentially affecting their properties.

Doublet

An NMR signal that is split into two peaks of equal intensity, indicating the presence of a neighboring proton with a spin-spin coupling effect.

NMR

Nuclear magnetic resonance, a spectroscopic technique used to observe the local magnetic fields around atomic nuclei, valuable in structural determination of molecules.