Final Exam: Pre-discussion

1. Should government be responsible for keeping consumers safe?
In my opinion, I believe that government should responsible for keeping consumers safe. Nowadays, some companies provide unqualified or unhealthy products in order to earn money. However, consumers sometimes cannot recognize unqualified produces. Moreover, some consumers are allured by certain kind of unhealthy produces, such as cigarette and fast food. Under such circumstance, government should be responsible for consumers in terms of keeping them safe. They should examine all the products before these products are sold in the market. For those unhealthy produces, government should control it.

5. Should individuals be free to choose risky behavior if they want to? Explain.
It is not easy to answer this question. In my opinion, I think whether individuals have freedom to choose risky behavior is depend on different situations. For children and teenagers, I believe that there is no freedom for them to choose risky behavior. They are not able to make this kind of decision without parents. For adults, it is even more complex. On the one hand, some kind of risky behaviors do not influence other people, such as camping, bungee jumping, and smoking. In these cases, individuals can choose what they want. On the other hand, some kind of risky behaviors are impact on others. For instance, if someone uses heroin or other kind of drugs, it is very likely for them to commit a crime. So, individuals cannot choose those kinds of risky behaviors even they want to.