According to John Stuart Mill, which is more important?

a. the quantity of pleasure
b. the quality of pleasure
c. he thought they expressed the same concept
d. he did not think pleasure was that important


b.

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How does a scholar "try to listen carefully to individuals of all faiths as they tell their stories"?

a. by questioning his or her own personal lens and bias b. by focusing on cultural influences and patriarchal interpretations c. by reading translations and teachings d. by questioning a source's relevance and reliability

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Consider this argument: "Self-determination is not really freedom because whether the cause of an action comes from within the self or outside of it makes no difference. The elements that make up the self are determined by a long history of evolution and are inherited from the past." This argument presupposes that

A) the self does not exist. B) the self is not distinct from the parts that make it up. C) the self is distinct from the parts that make it up. D) self-determination does not mean determination by any fragment of the self's nature but by the self itself.

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In the Lukan account, Pilate is portrayed as

A. vengeful. B. autocratic. C. a pawn. D. an instrument of Satan.

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Augustine agrees with Platonic rationalism that

a. the senses cannot give us eternal, perfect truth. b. the highest truths are to be found in the inner recesses of the soul. c. ethical norms are known through a kind of intellectual sight. d. all of the above

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