Milgram claims that the most common trait of socially organized evil is

a. that the person who has responsibility disappears.
b. that people are willing to take responsibility.
c. that it is banal.
d. that it is only performed by fringe elements of that society.


a

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themselves as a. equal citizen legislators. b. children of God. c. purely rational beings. d. completely altruistic, with no self-interested motives. e. immortal.

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In writing his infancy narratives, what device did Luke employ to echo the ancient scriptures?

A. He wrote in old-fashioned Greek and used extensive quotes from Hebrew prophets. B. He wrote the narratives from the first-person perspective of Mary and Joseph. C. He wrote in Hebrew in order to preserve the exact meaning of the language used in the Torah. D. He specifically referenced, by chapter and verse, the ways in which Jesus' birth fulfilled Jewish prophecy.

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Which of the following is true of Buber's ethical perspective?

a. It begins from particular situations, not abstract principles. b. It has no grounding in the idea of responsibility. c. It is grounded in ethical relativism. d. None of the above.

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The strong AI thesis claims that it is possible for a computer to have cognitive states.

a. true b. false

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