What does Karl Marx mean when he says that "religion is the opium of the people?"
What will be an ideal response?
Belief in God is like a drug. It soothes our suffering but prevents us from seeing the ways in which we could actually improve the world we live in. The emphasis on divine justice and on an afterlife, he charged, is rationalization and compensation for our own injustice here on earth.
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According to the Stoics, the most important thing in life is
a. To transform the mundane into the sublime. b. To find the true religion. c. To find pleasure. d. To succeed in business and get rich.
Indicate whether the argument is deductive or inductive. My accusers say that I am an atheist and that I do not believe in the gods. But they agree that I do believe in demigods. But if so, it follows that I am not an atheist. For if the demigods are
the illegitimate sons of gods, whether by the nymphs or by any other mothers, then this necessarily implies the existence of the gods, their parents. a. Deductive b. Inductive
The distinction between safety and health is based on the distinction between
A. intention and accident B. accidents and illness C. disease and wellness D. ethics and law
According to the text, in writing the first draft of your argumentative essay, you should ________.
A. read what you've written and revise B. read what you've written and revise and edit your work C. edit your work D. None of the answers are correct