Multiple Choice
Nagel says, "In ordinary life a situation is _______ when it includes a conspicuous discrepancy between pretension or aspiration and reality: someone gives a complicated speech in support of a motion that has already been passed; a notorious criminal is made president of a major philanthropic foundation; you declare your love over the telephone to a recorded announcement; as you are being knighted, your pants fall down."
A) absurd
B) static
C) variable
D) reliable
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