In 1992, there were over 250 rescues

Answer choices

1. A

   Supports9% picked this

   Taxpayers should not subsidize a freely chosen hobby and athletic endeavor

   Mountain climbing is a freely chosen hobby, and when the government spends $3 million to rescue 250 stranded climbers, that money is coming from taxpayers, so taxpayers are "subsidizing" their hobby. This rule is saying that shouldn't happen, which is the same spirit as saying "y'all climbers are going to have to post your own rescue fund, in case we have to rescue you".

   9%
2. B

   Supports9% picked this

   The government is obliged to take measures to deter people from

   Mountain climbing is definitely an activity that involves risk to one's life, given that 25 people died in a year from it. By making mountain climbers post a large sum of money, the government is definitely making it harder to go climbing. This principle endorses the notion that the government would do something that deters people from this risky activity.

   9%
3. C

   Correct77% picked this

   For physically risky sports the government should issue permits only to people who have had at least minimal

   Why this is right

   This is a pretty unrelated answer. We weren't talking about permits, although maybe that's what you would get once you posted the large sum of money. But this rule essentially sounds like the government could let anyone climb that has at least minimal training. That lenient standard might lead to more beginner / amateur climbers getting themselves in trouble and needing expensive rescues.

   Skill tested: Strengthen · how this choice captures the argument's function is the move to repeat next time.

   77%
4. D

   Supports3% picked this

   Citizens who use publicly subsidized rescue services should be required to pay more toward the cost of these services

   This is similar in effect to (A). Since the $3 million to pay for 250 rescues is being funded with taxpayer revenue, we taxpayers who aren't mountain climbing are probably mad that so much of our money is going to rescuing these people. This principle sympathizes with us. The climbers should be paying for more of this than us. Making them put up their own large sums of money would guarantee that the climbers are paying more than random taxpayers.

   3%
5. E

   Supports2% picked this

   People who engage in physically risky behavior that is not essential to anyone’s welfare should be held responsible for the cost

   Is mountain climbing a physically risky behavior that is not essential to anyone's welfare? Yes. Okay, so this rule says that mountain climbers should be held responsible for the cost of treating any injuries they get from mountain climbing. Would that support this proposal? Sure. The cost of treating a mountain climber's broken leg isn't just the bill you pay at the hospital; it's also the bill you pay for the rescue helicopter that found you and transported you to that hospital. And since this proposal is making the climbers pay for their own rescue transport, this principle would support it.

   2%