Conservatives Were Generally

question 25

Multiple Choice

Conservatives were generally

• A) critical of Enlightenment principles that released instincts religion had once controlled.
• B) suspicious of the theory of natural rights.
• C) fearful of utopian visions and those who would implement them by force.
• D) of the view that human wickedness was not caused by a faulty environment, but lay at the core of human nature.
• E) All of these

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