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dmcintosh

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The seventeenth-century English philosopher Thomas Hobbes posed an intriguing question about why people __________.
 
  a. cooperate with each other when they could achieve what they need selfishly
  b. areso frightened and can act only when they have safety in numbers
  c. mistrust the crown when the leaders of the mob would rule them just as harshly
  d. arewilling to exchange one form of misery for another

Question 2

The Chinese have long exhibited an approach to religion that __________.
 
  a. is essentially irreligious, by Western standards
  b. rejects past traditions
  c. excludes Buddhist beliefs and practices
  d. combines elements of different religions



Galvarado142

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Answer to Question 1

a

Answer to Question 2

d



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