Utilitarianism places the main emphasis on
a. practical reforms.
b. social programs for alleviation of poverty.
c. morality.
d. democratic reforms.
e. traditional family values.
a
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A) Spain and the Netherlands B) Britain and France C) the independent South American nations D) Austria and Russia
What was the main reason for the prosperity of Greek city-states between 800 and 500 B.C.E.?
a. conquest of other states b. large reserves of tin which they trade c. surplus population they sold into slavery d. series of alliances with the Persians as trading partners e. maritime trade
In return for conceding the Austrian Netherlands to Holland, Austria was compensated with
A) Luxembourg. B) Bavaria. C) territory in Northern Italy. D) Poland. E) Switzerland.
Henry George, the author of Progress and Poverty (1879), claimed that a. tariffs benefited labor as much as business. b. the only way to achieve social justice was by abolishing private property. c. a single property tax, based on the rise in property values caused by increased market demand, wouldprevent profiteering by land speculators
d. only a rigidly enforced income tax on the wealthy could provide the revenue necessary to end poverty.