The text described a recent situation in which novelist Stephen King began publishing a novel called The Plant in installments over the Internet, asking readers to pay $1 per installment.He indicated that if at least 75 percent of the people who downloaded the novel paid the fee, he would keep writing and posting new installments, but if fewer than 75 percent paid the fee, he would stop writing and people would never get the rest of the novel.King posed a ________ dilemma for his readers.

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The situation Stephen King posed for his readers involves a social dilemma. This is because the decision to pay the fee or not affects not only the individual reader but also the collective outcome of whether or not the novel will continue to be published. The readers must weigh their own self-interest (not paying the fee) against their social responsibility to the group (paying the fee to ensure the continuation of the novel).

The Text Described a Recent Situation in Which Novelist Stephen