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shenderson6

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A cultural relativist would be most likely to criticize:
 
  a. the practice of female circumcision in some parts of Africa.
  b. the practice of having women worship separately from men in Saudi Arabia.
  c. giving preference to education for male children in some countries.
  d. American women going to an African country to condemn the practice of female circumcision.

Question 2

Some critics of the capability approach say it ignores human
 
  nature. Which of the following is NOT used as a response by defenders of the capability approach?
  a. People are capable of a wide range of behavior from greedy to altruistic.
  b. It is difficult to explain the considerable differences in levels of capabilities among countries if human nature is universally greedy and selfish.
  c. The assumption that all humans are greedy and selfish cannot explain why there is very little corruption in Denmark and rampant corruption in Nigeria.
  d. People are naturally cooperative.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: d

Answer to Question 2

Answer: d





 

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