Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau agreed that humans are naturally compassionate toward each other.
2. Mencius and Rousseau agreed that humans are good by nature, but they have been corrupted by the circumstances of life.
3. According to Aristotle, courage is a virtue when the individual making a decision apprises the situation carefully, to avoid unnecessary harm, before actually acting.
4. It is more likely that courage will be more beneficially utilized if compassion is included in one's thought process.
5. According to Philip Hallie, institutionalized cruelty makes the victim believe that somehow the cruelty is justified.


1. False
2. True
3. True
4. True
5. True

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