Psychological egoism is best understood as asserting that: a. everyone always acts entirely from motives of self-interest b. no one ever performs overtly altruistic actions c. everyone ought to look out for their own interests and disregard others d. people only ever think of themselves e. human nature is mired in original sin

The ideas of hammond are most clearly an example of which of the following mid-19th century developments? (5 points) the increasingly liberal nature of slavery after the south enforced stronger slave codes the growing use by northern antislavery activists of moral arguments the increasing number of freed slaves in southern states as a result of gradual emancipation laws the growing tendency of southern slaveholders to use the paternal ethos to justify slavery