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asmith134 · **on:** Jul 2, 2018

The conservative point of view recognizes that humans have been able to devise new, more productive technologies that Malthus himself could not have imagined. For this reason, the conservative point of view may be characterized as

a. environmentally neutral.
b. pessimistic.
c. anti-Malthusian.
d. neo-Malthusian.

Question 2

Helen is an environmentalist. When she says that the goal of this movement is establishing an ecologically sustainable culture, she means

a. a healthy environment requires an economic system that delivers both equality and environmental awareness.
b. human ingenuity and an economic system that encourages innovation will extend the human record of living longer, healthier, and richer lives.
c. a way of life that meets the needs of both the present and future generations.
d. that a society's impact on the environment is a function of its level of population, its level of affluence, and its level of technology.