Death is the way of nature. Anthropologists and sociologists tell us that historically, the average human lifespan around the world was about 30 years, and most of this time being long before humans developed industrial infrastructures. This natural cycle, however, is ignored by those who wish to trace the blame for many more recent deaths of younger people to their exclusion from industrial abundance and its nutritional and medical benefits. These people have to understand that young deaths would have happened even absent industrial development.
Which of the following, if true, would tend to strengthen the conclusion reached above?
(A) Industrial development can improve the lives of some people with no negative effects on others.
(B) Industrial development, especially at its beginning stages in a given area, simply does not produce enough wealth to substantially improve the lives of everyone in the world.
(C) Although it may be morally wrong not to share one’s wealth, no one has a right to prosper.
(D) Many people who are excluded from the wealth of industrial development nevertheless work in and contribute to such industries.
(E) No one has a right to others’ wealth.