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LCritchfi

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Explain why Rand argues that people who are wealthy and/or talented have no duty to help the poor.
 
  A. Because Rand denies that the talented or rich have a duty to help the poor,we can poke holes in her thesis that there are no conflicts of interest betweenthe poor and the wealthy or talented.
 B. Because Rand denies that the talented or rich have a duty to help the poor,she can allow for the existence of conflicts of interest between the poor andthe wealthy or talented, which do not require any duty to help but allow foroccasional acts of generosity.
 C. Because Rand maintains that the talented or rich have a duty to help thepoor, she can sustain her thesis that there are no conflicts of interest between
 the poor and the wealthy or talented, which do not require any duty but allow
  for circumstantial acts of generosity.
  D. Because Rand denies that the talented or rich have a duty to help the poor,
  she can accept that during conflicts of self-interest, the talented and rich have
  a duty, after all, to help the poor.

Question 2

Discrimination is widely considered unethical largely because it is .
 
  A. unjust
  B. illegal
  C. harmful
  D. merited



Koolkid240

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Answer to Question 1

B

Answer to Question 2

A



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