Edmund Burke Favored a Form of Government That Includes All

question 58

Multiple Choice

Edmund Burke favored a form of government that includes all the following features EXCEPT

• A) a representative body, such as Congress or Parliament.
• B) a natural aristocracy to lead society.
• C) reliance upon private property to provide stability.
• D) power distributed among various groups or "little platoons" of society.
• E) concentration of power in a central government to enforce religious conformity.

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Definitions:

Expected Opportunity Loss

The anticipated loss in value for choosing an option that is not the best, quantified as the difference between the best expected outcome and the expected outcome of the chosen option.

Expected Monetary Value

The weighted average of all possible outcomes of a decision, where each outcome is weighted by its probability of occurrence.

Perfect Information

A theoretical situation in which all participants have access to all relevant information to make a decision.

Bayes Law

A principle stating the likelihood of an occurrence, grounded on previously known circumstances that may influence the event.