In order to prompt children to eat the food they're served, mothers have relied for decades on the argument that "there are starving children in Africa." Assuming the presence of hungry children on another continent does not affect the utility you derive from the food on your plate, if you choose to force down food based on this argument you are:
A) acting rationally.
B) putting the needs of starving children over your own wants.
C) acting irrationally.
D) doing your part in the fight against world hunger.
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