According to Hume, if a society possessed no hardships or scarcity of goods:

a. justice would still be necessary, since it is an integral part of human beings.
b. justice would still be necessary, because it is founded upon reason.
c. justice would not be necessary, because it would have no utility.
d. a and b. e. none of these choices.


c

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