This concept refers to cultural and religious rules of avoidance

a. taboo
b. sacrifice
c. penance
d. self-flagellation


a

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What will be an ideal response?

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There are four major modern criticisms of the teleology of classical virtue theory. Select the one that doesn't belong to the list.

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When constructing Venn diagrams, we first diagram each premiss and then diagram the conclusion

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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