Hugh's position rests on which of the following assumptions?
A) The free-market system is not the most economically desirable one.
B) Consumers care more about environmental responsibility than getting what they want.
C) Businesses are the only entities that can provide environmental benefits.
D) The free market provides no natural inducements for businesses to behave in environmentally positive ways.
E) Businesses should be required by law to have environmental initiatives.
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Hugh assumes that businesses have to make special efforts to behave in environmentally positive ways. Choices A, B, C, or E may be true or false independently of Hugh's argument.
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