Click to read a passage from "Lifeboat Ethics" by Garrett Hardin. Then answer the question.

Which sentence from the passage best illustrates Hardin's central argument?

A. And since the world's resources are dwindling, the difference in prosperity between the rich and the poor can only increase.

B. Put differently, the doubling time for this aggregate population is 21 years, compared to 87 years for the U. S.

C. Outside our lifeboat, let us imagine another 210 million people (say the combined populations of Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Morocco, Pakistan, Thailand and the Philippines) who are increasing at a rate of 3.3 percent per year.

D. The harsh ethics of the lifeboat become even harsher when we consider the reproductive differences between the rich nations and the poor nations.

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Levi Keith

16 September, 05:37

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Armani · Answer 1

It's A. And since the world's resources are dwindling, the difference in prosperity between the rich and the poor can only increase.