The conservative point of view recognizes that humans have been able to devise new, more productive technologies that Malthus himself could not have imagined. For this reason, the conservative point of view may be characterized as
a. environmentally neutral.
b. pessimistic.
c. anti-Malthusian.
d. neo-Malthusian.
(Answer: c)
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a. organic solidarity b. the proletariat c. class consciousness d. rationalization
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a. corporal punishment. b. mental torture. c. surveillance and discipline. d. disciplinary society.