Author Question: Hursthouse attempts to develop an objective natural standard for goodness in humans that is ... (Read 101 times)

rlane42 · **on:** Jun 19, 2018

Hursthouse attempts to develop an objective natural standard for goodness in humans that
is analogous to the standards of goodness for plants and animals. Copp and Sobel object
that her project fails, because

a. only God can define the goodness of a living thing.
b. the basic notion of goodness in a plant or animal is nonsense.
c. there is no useful analogy to be drawn between humans and other living things.
d. there may be several competing standards for natural goodness of a living thing.
e. the standards are likely to be in constant flux as our understanding of biology
increases.

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of real property?

A. Land, buildings, and additions on the land.
B. Money, stocks, bonds, financial securities.
C. Expressions of ideas, inventions, discoveries.
D. Some physical item that we can touch, though not usually land and buildings.