The role of the Ulama or clergy in Islam is

a. to hear confessions
b. to assign penance for sins
c. to perform executions
d. to interpret Shari’ah Law


d. to interpret Shari'ah Law

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Regan maintains that inherent value belongs equally to all who

a. are the experiencing subjects of a life. b. have higher rational faculties and powers. c. have souls. d. belong to the human species. e. are capable of accepting and following the rules of the social contract.

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Which of the following is NOT a utilitarian justification for the social/legal practice of punishment?

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In this chapter, philosophical skepticism is defined as the doctrine that we have no knowledge of

A. our own thoughts. B. anything. C. the external world. D. all of these. E. mathematics.

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