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0069. In The Better Angels of Ourselves, cognitive psychologist Steven Pinker suggests which of the following is/are responsible for the general decrease in violence in human society over the last 1000 years.
- The rise of governments as agents of "pacification" that would rather have people survive and be able to pay taxes than kill each other
- Evolution of the state as a third party dispute resolver
- Commerce that makes it more valuable to buy/sell than plunder
- Education and cosmopolitanism that makes it easier to empathize with "the other" and be less likely to act aggressively.
- Emergence of intellectual/rational discourse that requires us to think about and justify actions rather than "might makes right."
A. | 1 | B. | 1, 2 | C. | 1, 2, 3 | D. | 1, 2, 3, 4 | E. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 |
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