The doctrine that states that there are objective moral principles, valid for all people and all social environments.

What will be an ideal response?


moral objectivism

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a. tanha b. skandha c. koan d. arhat e. Jatakas 9. the five parts of self 10. an enlightened holy person 11. mind puzzles 12. the cause of suffering 13. stories of the Buddha's previous lives

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For Singer, we have an obligation to the world’s poor to:

a. help b. not harm them c. reconsider our lifestyles

d. all of the above

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The Nobel Laureate Herbert Simon proposed a theory based on bounded rationality, which stated that

a. because the world is finite, we have few choices to make. b. because we have limited knowledge, time, and resources to make decisions, sometimes achieving the best available may be better than the best possible. c. because we can reason, our decisions are always right. d. even though we live in communities, our decisions should benefit only us as individuals.

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One consequence of Ockham's razor is that:

A) The more complex an explanation is, the more complete it is. B) Naturalistic explanations are better than supernatural ones. C) Supernatural explanations are better than naturalistic ones. D) The best explanations are the ones containing numerous theoretical entities. E) Paranormal phenomena are not able to be explained.

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