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GMAT考试写作指导:Issue写作范文六六

发布时间:2016-03-02  编辑:查字典英语网小编

  66. In determining whether manufacturers should be accountable for all injuries

  resulting from the use of their products, one must weigh the interests of consumers

  against those of manufacturers. On balance, holding manufacturers strictly liable for

  such injuries is unjustifiable.

  Admittedly, protecting consumers from defective and dangerous products is an

  important and worthwhile goal. No doubt nearly all of us would agree that health and

  safety should rank highly as an objective of public policy. Also, compelling a high level

  of safety forces manufacturers to become more innovative in design, use of materials,

  and so forth. Consumers and manufacturers alike benefit, of course, from innovation.

  However, the arguments against a strict-liability standard are more compelling.

  First, the standard is costly. It forces-manufacturers to incur undue expenses for

  overbuilding, excessive safety testing, and defending liability law suits. Consumers are

  then damaged by ultimately bearing these costs in the form of higher prices. Second, the

  standard can be unfair. It can assign fault to the wrong party; where a product is

  distributed through a wholesaler and/or retailer, one of these parties may have actually

  caused, or at least contributed to, the injury. The standard can also misplace fault where

  the injured party is not the original consumer. Manufacturers cannot ensure that second-

  hand users receive safe products or adequate instructions and warnings. Finally, where

  the injured consumer uses the product for a purpose or in a manner other than the

  intended one, or where there were patent dangers that the user should have been aware

  of, it seems the user. not the manufacturer, should assume the risk of injury.

  In sum, despite compelling interests in consumer safety and product innovation,

  holding manufacturers accountable for all injuries caused by their products is

  unjustifiably costly to society and unfair to manufacturers.

  

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