SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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States that the actions of people and governments always have unexpected effects.
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Negative rates of different species living in the same area.
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Takes perspective that humans should manage the Earth’s resources to achieve maximum benefits.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The law of unintended consequences is a frequently-observed phenomenon in which any action has results that are not part of the actor’s purpose. The superfluous consequences may or may not be foreseeable or even immediately observable and they may be beneficial, harmful or neutral in their impact.
Detailed explanation-2: -The law of unintended consequences, often cited but rarely defined, is that actions of people-and especially of government-always have effects that are unanticipated or unintended.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the social sciences, unintended consequences (sometimes unanticipated consequences or unforeseen consequences) are outcomes of a purposeful action that are not intended or foreseen. The term was popularised in the twentieth century by American sociologist Robert K.
Detailed explanation-4: -Unintended consequences can arise from a variety of sources, including incomplete or inadequate analysis, incomplete understanding of a problem or system, or the complexity of the system in which the action or decision takes place.
Detailed explanation-5: -The law of unintended consequences refers to how economic decisions may have effects that are unexpected. Usually, this refers to an economic law which distorts consumer or producer behaviour in a way that is not expected.