Using a name or description of an item that you can't point to, provide a definition by example for "abstraction." If you have difficulty doing so, try to identify the source of the trouble.

What will be an ideal response?


Our suggestion: the square root of 2.

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What is the name of the community of Jews who settled near the northwest corner of the Dead Sea and patiently awaited the arrival of two Messiahs?

A. Qumran B. Essenes C. Samaritans D. Zealots E. Herodians

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Vak lao is “taking God’s word.”

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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For William Sumner, the task of philosophical ethics is to __________

a. guide societal change. b. critically evaluate and shape our mores. c. occupy an impartial standpoint from which to judge the mores. d. none of the above

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Bentham believed that the way to remove the obstacles to rational, self-interested action was:

A. religious faith. B. philosophical reflection. C. education. D. passing the right laws. E. None of the above

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