For Sartre, self-knowledge is really an expression of our choices and commitments

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A literary work which directly ridiculed Leibniz’s optimistic view of the world was

a. Voltaire’s Candide. b. Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe. c. Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter. d. Heller’s Catch22.

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As the term is used in philosophy, which of the following represents the view that humans are able to make authentically free choices, i.e., that even though we make one choice, we could have made a different one?

A. Determinism B. Creationism C. Compatibilism D. Libertarianism

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The veil of ignorance proposes that

A) those in the original position are supposed to choose principles on the basis of self-interest, agreement seems unlikely. B) one group would be supportive of another group benefiting even though the rules are different. C) people are fully knowledgeable about themselves or situation allowing them to have a partial or biased point of view. D) agreement is difficult to attain.

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Hawken says, "The cornucopia of resources that are being extracted, mined, and harvested is so poorly distributed that 20 percent of the earth's people are chronically hungry or starving, while the top 20 percent of the population, largely in the north, control and consume ________ percent of the world's wealth."

a. 70 b. 50 c. 60 d. 80

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