In his dissent in Callins v. Collins, Justice Blackmun argues that capital punishment is

unconstitutional because:



a. it is cruel and unusual punishment.
b. minorities and the poor are more likely to receive it than the white and the
wealthy.
c. constitutional requirements for applying it are incompatible.
d. all of the above


d.

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a. He was an early leader in the empiricist movement. b. He was a pioneer in attempting to systematize the scientific method. c. He was one of the first to recognize that scientific knowledge is limited. d. He was the founder of modern inductive logic.

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According to Thomas Aquinas's hierarchy of laws, ________ is the uncreated reason of God that guides the universe as it moves toward a particular goal or end.

A. divine law B. human law C. eternal law D. natural law

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In the United States, more than two-thirds of the Jewish population do not belong to a Jewish

house of study, a synagogue.

a. True b. False

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"Chun-tzu" literally means

a. The lord's son b. The son of God c. Weakness d. Virtue

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