When Siddhartha Gautama was young, his father protected him from
a. sights of human misery and ugliness.
b. abstract philosophical thinking.
c. wealth and luxury.
d. non-Hindu religious ideas.
Answer: a
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A) the principle of strict liability. B) the contractual relationship between the producer and the consumer. C) the principle of the reasonable person. D) whether or not the manufacturer exercised due care.
Harman maintains that from the naturalistic perspective, absolute values
a. are the objective values that we know through scientific inquiry. b. are values that cannot be known scientifically, but that must be assumed if the scientific method is to be adopted. c. are actually only illusory projections of one's personal values onto the world. d. are the values that win out in the evolutionary process. e. are the values that are enforced by the ruling class.
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What will be an ideal response?
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
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