What determines "good and "evil" in Hobbes's argument?

Correct answer: B. Appetite and aversion

  • A. Ethical philosophy
  • B. Appetite and aversion
  • C. Natural philosophy
  • D. God and the devil

Explanation

Hobbes treated good and evil subjectively: what a person desires is experienced as good, while what the person avoids is experienced as evil. Thus appetite and aversion, rather than an independent moral standard, determine these judgments.

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