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Question 1 “Unless fossil-fuel use slows dramatically, the earth’s average temperature could rise by six degrees Celsius in the next 100 years.” My
Correct personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:
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a. Who cares?
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question b. I don’t believe this climate change nonsense
c. Six degrees will make winters much more bearable to me personally
d. I'm a bit concerned about this, but there is nothing that I can do about it.
e. I’m a bit concerned about this, but why should I invest my personal time, effort or money in solving a general social.
f. I think that individually we can and should strive to solve this problem for the greater good.
Question 2 "The wealth of the few depends upon the poverty of many." My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described by:
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Mark 1.00 out of a. So long as I am amongst the few I don't care.
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b. This is just not true – the rich are simply more “diligent, intelligent, and above all frugal” (Marx).
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question c. This is just not true – if it were not for the generous wealthy, the poor would be even poorer.
d. This is absolutely true – there is only so much wealth in the world at any one moment so if one person has more than their share
someone else has to have less than their share.
e. This is absolutely true and given how much poverty there is we ought to do something about it.
Question 3 “In capitalism, profit happens when the capitalist pays labour x for their labour which is worth x+p. p then is profit.” My personal opinion on
Correct this statement is most closely described by:
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a. So what you are saying is that profit is the result of expropriation without compensation? I can see the truth in this when I lookat
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b. That is a really interesting perspective which I hadn’t thought about before.
c. Rubbish.
d. Rubbish. Profit comes from innovation and an entrepreneurial spirit.
e. This is fine - without profit there is no capitalism and it is capitalism that bring wealth to humanity as a whole.
Question 4 “It is estimated that humans are consuming natural resource at a rate that is 30% above the renewal rate. If we continue to consume in thisway
Correct we are likely to suffer dire consequences which could include extinction.” My personal opinion on this statement is most closely described
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Flag a. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast, but I don’t think this is a problem as there is plenty of time to find
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b. Yes we are consuming natural resources too fast. The first priority in solving this is to put the brakes on human population growth.
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