click to read the passage from "lifeboat ethics," by garrett hardin. then
answer the question.
what is the central argument of this passage?
a. earth is a spaceship that people must protect.
b. industries should be allowed to pollute and waste resources.
c. the united states is the richest country in the world.
d. there are not enough resources for all the people who need them.

Letter D is the correct answer.

Explanation:

Lifeboat Ethics is a metaphor by Garrett Hardin published in 1974; there Hardin takes the example of a lifeboat with 50 people but only has space for ten. In the excerpt, and in the text in general, Hardin points out that there are not enough resources for all the people who need them, particularly when he points out that two thirds of the nations are desperately poor while the other third is extremely rich. At the end, he reinforces the idea by mentioning that it is necessary to "recognize the limited capacity of a lifeboat."

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."

d. murder of a son and cooking the son for a feast

procne murdered her son and served him to tereus, her husband and her son's father. she did this out of revenge. tereus raped her sister, philomela, and cut her tongue out to keep her from talking. philomela managed to communicate it to procne and procne sought revenge.

tantalus murdered his son and fed him to the gods because he was angry with the gods. the gods punished him by putting him in a pool of water that evaporates when he tries to drink and having fruit hang just out of his reach.