Brad is in an electronics store with his parents. he looks at the cds and thinks for a moment that he could grab one and put it beneath his coat. as he considers this possibility, he decides not to do it because he might get caught and his parents would punish him. what stage of moral development does brad's decision represent? preoperational preconventional autonomous moral principles conventional role conformity committed morality

Did the writers of the declaration of independence accomplish their goals (did we get our independence and the new government we wrote about)?

How does sociology account for the cause of drug and alcohol addiction?

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.