Comte argues that science is a discipline which describes

a. causes, such as gravity, that operate within reality.
b. merely observable sequences of phenomena within experience.
c. merely the ideological myths of our current culture.
d. realities that lie beyond our ordinary observations.


b.

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a. true b. false

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a. their particular culture was superior to all the others. b. it is our duty to make society mirror the rationally ordered universe. c. each person should withdraw from society and only look after his or her own, personal virtue. d. all social philosophies are merely attempts of the ruling class to justify their use of power.

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Subjective relativism avoids the problem that plagues subjective absolutism by arguing that right and wrong are

A. derived from the government. B. absolutes. C. relations. D. properties. E. none of these

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