Question 9.
The author has differing views from Bregman regarding:
A
the role of agriculture in the advancement of knowledge.
B
the role of pathogens in the spread of infectious diseases.
C
a property-less mode of living being socially harmonious.
D
a civilised society being coercive and unjust.
Question Explanation
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At the end of the passage, the author states the following: {...There’s a great deal of reassuring human decency to be taken from this bold and thought-provoking book and a wealth of evidence in support of the contention that the sense of who we are as a species has been deleteriously distorted. But it seems equally misleading to offer the false choice of Rousseau and Hobbes when, clearly, humanity encompasses both...} Thus, he does not truly agree with Bregman's portrayal of the civilized society. Option D correctly captures this disagreement.



