In order to get others to help us, Smith says we ought to ________

a. threaten them with harm
b. show them it is in their own best interest
c. manipulate them with shame and guilt
d. appeal to their consciences


b

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Keeping in mind the sources cited, discuss the credibility of the claim(s) made in the following passage:"'You hear in the folklore about miracles happening, but I have never seen one thing yet that could be called an actual medical cure,' says Douglas Sharon, a University of California, Los Angeles, anthropologist who has studied curandrismo [Peruvian folk medicine] on the north coast of Peru for 18 years."-From a National Geographic Magazine news feature

What will be an ideal response?

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A Fravashi is:

a. a future savior who will help purify the world. b. a guardian spirit c. a latter-day prophet d. a skilled interpreter of the Avesta

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Which of the following consumer goods is responsible for the greatest number of individual social ills?

A) alcohol B) cars C) cigarettes D) handguns

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In the context of ethical egoism, ________ is an economic system based on the pursuit of rational and prudent self-interest, individual freedom, and minimal government interference.

A. laissez-faire capitalism B. totalitarianism C. liberalism D. democratic socialism

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