Which of the following is an accurate statement?
a. Adam Smith defends capitalism by appealing to the idea of a natural, moral right to property.
b. Adam Smith denies that human beings are, by nature, acquisitive creatures.
c. A common defense of capitalism is the argument that people have a fundamental moral right to property and
that our capitalist system is simply the outcome of this natural right.
d. Utilitarians oppose capitalism in principle.
c
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a. the relativists base their beliefs on religious traditions. b. the relativists were notorious for their immoral lifestyle. c. the relativists contradict themselves by claiming their opinion is better than that of their opponents. d. the relativists claim that there is one, absolutely correct set of moral values
In assessing theories, empirical testability is an irrelevant consideration
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Judith Jarvis Thomson has argued that
a. a human fetus is definitely not a person. b. a fetal human definitely is a person. c. if a fetal human is a person, then abortion is always morally wrong. d. even if a human fetus is a person, abortion may be morally permissible.
The general term for belief in one or more personal gods is __________
a. agnosticism b. atheism c. monotheism d. polytheism e. theism