Author Question: According to John Stuart Mill, the sole end for which power can be rightfully exercised over any ... (Read 209 times)

leilurhhh · **on:** Sep 28, 2018

According to John Stuart Mill, the sole end for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to

a. prevent harm to others.
b. keep that member's actions in line with a universal rule that binds all.
c. encourage actions based on reason alone.
d. balance the numerical value of pleasure against the numerical value of pain.

Question 2

Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem The Lotos-eaters, based on a section of Homer's The Odyssey, is considered an example of how myth

a. gives glimpses into the afterlife.
b. is updated to provide powerful parables.
c. persists into the twenty-first century.
d. continues to influence the humanities.