subject
English, 29.01.2021 18:00 sancho7511

Read the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics. There is a tale, “The Ring of Gyges,” that Feldman sometimes tells his economist friends. It comes from Plato’s Republic. A student named Glaucon offered the story in response to a lesson by Socrates—who, like Adam Smith, argued that people are generally good even without enforcement. Glaucon, like Feldman’s economist friends, disagreed. He told of a shepherd named Gyges who stumbled upon a secret cavern with a corpse inside that wore a ring. When Gyges put on the ring, he found that it made him invisible. With no one able to monitor his behavior, Gyges proceeded to do woeful things—seduce the queen, murder the king, and so on. Glaucon’s story posed a moral question: could any man resist the temptation of evil if he knew his acts could not be witnessed? Glaucon seemed to think the answer was no. But Paul Feldman sides with Socrates and Adam Smith—for he knows the answer, at least 87 percent of the time, is yes.

The example in the excerpt helps the authors arrive at which of the following conclusions?
The majority of people are corrupt.
The majority of people are honest.
Glaucon and Paul Feldman were wrong.
Socrates and Adam Smith were wrong.

ansver
Answers: 1

Another question on English

question
English, 21.06.2019 13:00
Based on this excerpt from "stopping by woods on a snowy evening" by robert frost, which statement best summarizes a theme in the poem? the woods are lovely dark and deep but i have promises to keep and miles to go before i sleep and miles to go before i sleep
Answers: 3
question
English, 21.06.2019 15:50
12 read the sentence below and answer the question that follows. why is elementary school success an indicator of graduation rates? why is this sentence not a thesis statement? it is not a debatable topic. it is a question it is an opinion it is not a fact mark this and retum
Answers: 2
question
English, 21.06.2019 20:00
Mario is reading a book where the narrator only describes the point of view of pip, one of the characters. m and feelings. which type of narrator does this describe?
Answers: 2
question
English, 21.06.2019 20:20
Write me a sonnet about basketball
Answers: 1
You know the right answer?
Read the excerpt from Levitt and Dubner’s Freakonomics. There is a tale, “The Ring of Gyges,” that...
Questions
question
History, 29.07.2019 08:10
Questions on the website: 13722363