All of the Following Statements About the Enlightenment Are True

question 80

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about the Enlightenment are true EXCEPT:

• A) it refers to a wave of new,challenging ideas based on human reason and scientific inquiry.
• B) it believed that the pursuit of material goods beyond subsistence shapes social conduct.
• C) it promoted the idea that human beings are ends in themselves.
• D) it encouraged individual choices and allowed individuals to focus on material pleasures.

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Definitions:

Sexual Orientation

A person's emotional, romantic, and sexual attraction towards others, which can vary across a spectrum including homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual, asexual, among others.

Genetic Influence

The contribution of genes inherited from parents to the physical and behavioral characteristics of an individual.

Gender Identity

An individual's personal sense of their own gender, which may or may not correspond to the sex they were assigned at birth.

Sexual Orientation

An enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, or sexual attractions to men, women, both genders, neither gender, or another gender, along with one's sense of identity based on those attractions.