The State-Issued Document That Grants the Corporation's Right to Exist

question 27

Multiple Choice

The state-issued document that grants the corporation's right to exist and stipulating the basic terms of its existence is a(n)

• A) certificate of legitimacy.
• B) occupancy permit.
• C) charter.
• D) article of incorporation.

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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.