Most of them had visited the invalid often during the past few months, marveling at his __
A.variant
B.gallant
C.pertinent
D.solitary
A.variant
B.gallant
C.pertinent
D.solitary
.
A) most of which B) which C) most of them D) most of whom
In recent decades Enlightenment thinking has been the target of critical endeavors once more. This time it is its individualism and cosmopolitanism that have come under persistent attack from various quarters, together with its attempt to find and formulate universally valid norms and values. Anti-Enlightenment initiatives have surfaced inside the United States as well as worldwide. They are often launched in the name of "multiculturalism," "ethnic identity," the supposed importance of "roots," and the general importance of "difference" as opposed to people’s common humanity. With respect to social integration, advocates of ethnic separateness prefer cultural and racial "salad bowls" to the traditional American "melting pot."
An issue is the Enlightenment idea that ideally every individual should not only have the right, but even the obligation to determine for himself or herself who he or she wants to be, what sort of life he or she wants to live, or with whom he or she wants to associate more closely. An individual, in other words, should not be obliged by any group to adhere to "his" or "her" religion, ethnicity, race, or social tradition, but be allowed and encouraged to make personal choices in all these regards-in effect be entirely free of any such particularistic determinations, if that seems best to the person in question. Essentially individuals are not seen by Enlightenment thinkers as members of particular groups, but as "citizens of the world," as unencumbered inhabitants of a polity that is governed by laws that in principle are valid for all human beings.
People will, of course, be born into specific communities that may be distinguished from each other by various racial or cultural traits. But these distinguishing traits are not particularly important, according to Enlightenment thinking--not nearly as important as that which all human beings have in common, namely reason. While Enlightenment theoreticians will acknowledge or even welcome variety among human beings, they are far more serious about what potentially unites them, and about what should accrue to them on account of their common humanity.
If in most societies-- often after long and costly battles-- laws have been passed which prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, creed, gender, or national origin, then an important Enlightenment principle has been realized—the principle that every individual is first a human being, and only secondarily a member of particular groups. And while recognition of one’s common humanity may not necessarily be in conflict with being a member of any particular group, the principle demands that if there is a conflict, then people’s common humanity takes precedence over any particularity. What is important, in other words, is not that I am Christian, Black, or Sioux, but that I am a human being, and that as such I have certain basic rights-- the right of self-determination most prominently among them. Any attempt on the part of any group to declare their particularity as primary vis - a- vis someone’s basic humanity is an outdated prejudice, and an infringement on a person’s basic rights, as far as Enlightenment thinking is concerned. Particularism and its divisiveness-- all too often the cause of contempt, hatred, fanaticism,
A.The difference between rationalism and materialism
B.the former represents disintegration and the latter represents integration
C.the former emphasizes differences and individual identity, the latter emphasizes common humanity
D.The former is for Enlightenment and the latter is opposed to Enlightenment
You can assume that if all the females in a large pack had pups, ______.
A. only the father would help feed them
B. lions would find and kill them
C. the mothers would fight each other
D. most of the pups would starve
A.the sweetener was poisonous to them
B.their immune systems had been altered by the mind
C.they had been weakened physically by the saccharin
D.they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning
A.written
B.were written
C.had been written
D.having written
A.they had been weakened psychologically by the saccharin
B.the sweetener was poisonous to them
C.their immune systems had been altered by the mind
D.they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning
A.Because most of them did not have a job.
B.Because they only had close friends in their girlhood.
C.Because they usually focused their lives on their families.
D.Because they were dependent on their husbands.
Why was Windsor town blocked?
A.Young people skirmished with the police.
B.There was a pop music festival in the park.
C.Policemen were injured in an accident in the street.
D.There was no hospital in the town.
The purpose of this passage seems most likely to ______ .
A.show that a human is little better than a dog when communicating with it
B.illustrate how intelligent dogs can be when they have had special training
C.hint that dog owners would be better off without forcing dogs to behave like a human
D.disprove all the possible reasons for humans to keep dogs with them for company
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