Describe the primary idea in the principle of disproportionality.

A. The main idea of disproportionality is that having moral status means each species has to fight to get its basic needs met
B. The main idea of disproportionality is that having moral status means the nonbasic needs of some species should be considered as equally important to the basic needs of another.
C. The main idea of disproportionality is that having moral status means we can't consider the basic needs of some species over the nonbasic needs of another.
D. The main idea of disproportionality is that having moral status means we can't sublimate the basic needs of some species to satisfy the nonbasic needs of another.


Answer is D. The main idea of disproportionality is that having moral status means we can't sublimate the basic needs of some species to satisfy the nonbasic needs of another.

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