Which of the following is NOT a shortcoming of rights theory?
A) It truncates the moral significance of motives, supererogatory actions, and virtues.
B) Rights theory needs to be buttressed by theories of obligation and virtue.
C) It fails to garner the level of respect in health care institutions that other kinds of moral categories such as obligation and virtue receive.
D) Its individualist emphasis fails to give as central a place to social ideals and communal interests.

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Rights theory's shortcomings generally revolve around its focus on individualism and its potential neglect of communal interests, virtues, and the complexity of moral motives. The statement in option C, regarding the level of respect rights theory receives in health care institutions, does not describe a shortcoming of the theory itself but rather a possible societal or institutional response to it.

Which of the Following Is NOT a Shortcoming of Rights