How does Hobbes account for human pity? Can you raise any counterexamples to his arguments?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer will vary.

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The identity of minority groups is often transparent, i.e., not perceived by them as a

specific identity

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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A temporary place of punishment and suffering for those who die in the grace of God

a. sheol b. mormos c. hell d. purgatory

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Which statement is true concerning moral principles and self interests?

A) Statutes are laws applied in the English-speaking world before there were any common laws. B) Philosophers agree that morality is based on the commands of God. C) "Groupthink" is a positive and necessary characteristic of all groups. D) Morality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live together.

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"There is no life after death" is

A) a negation B) a conjunction C) a disjunction D) a simple proposition

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