For Newton, God was necessary to the universe in order to

a. guarantee us eternal life.
b. explain events that Newton’s own physics could not explain.
c. provide the meaning for life.
d. provide a foundation for morality.


b

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Which of the following is a drawback to the regulatory approach?

a. regulation can take away an industry’s incentive to do more than the minimum b. regulation is an incentive to an industry to do more than the minimum c. regulation does not apply to all equally d. does not require polluters to use the strongest most feasible means of pollution control

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In Husserl’s later work, the term "lifeworld" meant

a. the total background of our pretheoretical experience. b. the world of living organisms. c. the world as explained by modern science. d. a theoretical account of the ultimate meaning of life.

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