Which word best describes 'a real, if costly, choice'?
Few public health measures provoke stronger feelings than compulsory vaccination. Defenders say that a person who refuses a vaccine endangers others who cannot be vaccinated, such as newborns and patients with weakened immune systems, so the state may justly insist. Opponents reply that bodily integrity is a basic liberty, and that a government able to inject citizens against their will has crossed a line. The two positions are often presented as irreconcilable, but there is a middle path. Fines, exclusion from certain workplaces and requirements for school entry exert strong pressure without physical force. Their effect on uptake is often nearly as great as that of outright compulsion, and they leave the individual a real, if costly, choice.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: C. A qualified claim that the option remains open although it carries a price
- Step 1: 'If costly' grants that the choice has a price, but 'real' says it still exists.
- Step 2: That balance is a qualified claim.
Answer
A qualified claim that the option remains open although it carries a price.
Why not the others: The phrase neither denies choice, discusses payment of fines, nor says the choice is free of cost.
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