Which of the Following Best Captures Liu's Main Argument for the Claim

question 223

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best captures Liu's main argument for the claim that racial looksism is an overgeneralization?

• A) Racial looksism is an overgeneralization because racism itself is an overgeneralization that assumes some people are inferior because they belong to a certain race.
• B) Racial looksism overlooks people's moral characteristics and focuses exclusively on the physical traits generally associated with their race.
• C) Racial looksism ignores the clothing and accessories people wear to make their physical appearance more attractive.
• D) Racial looksism disregards how an individual looks because racial identity is not directly contributive to one's physical appearance because of variances within a race.

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Definitions:

Compatibilism

The thesis that both determinism (in some interpretations) and free action can be true. Determinism does not rule out free action, and the possibility of free action does not require that determinism be false. They are compatible positions.

Kant

Immanuel Kant was an 18th-century German philosopher whose work in epistemology, ethics, and aesthetics had a profound influence on modern Western philosophy, especially through his doctrine of transcendental idealism.

Practical Reason

The application of our rationality to practical problems—particularly moral problems—the solution to which consists in action (as opposed to a statement or a theory).

Postulate

A fundamental principle or assumption that is accepted without proof, often serving as a basis for developing further theories or arguments.