Question

a mother buys ice cream for her children. how could the ice cream suffer from the tragedy of the commons? the children get an equal amount of ice cream and eat it immediately. the ice cream is saved for later and shared equally among all the children after dinner. the mother doesnt let any of her children have ice cream. one child eats all of the ice cream when the mother isnt looking.

Explanation:

The tragedy of the commons occurs when individuals act in their own self - interest and overuse or deplete a shared resource. In the case of the ice cream, if one child eats all the ice cream (a shared resource here, as it is meant for all children) when the mother isn't looking, this child is acting in their own self - interest and depleting the resource (ice cream) that is supposed to be shared. The other options either involve equal sharing (no over - use/depletion) or no use at all, which do not fit the tragedy of the commons concept.

Answer:

D. One child eats ALL of the ice cream when the mother isn't looking.