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According to the authors, natural law

    { 1 } - is known to us intuitively and directly.
    { 2 } - is based on the conviction that from an empirical observation of human persons we can come to an understanding of human nature and its basic needs.
    { 3 } - bases ethics on an a priori intuition of mental categories.
    { 4 } - bases ethics on an understanding of ourselves as a self-conscious subject.
    { 5 } - is self-evident.

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1 is wrong. Please try again.

According to the authors, natural law

    { 1 } - is known to us intuitively and directly.
    { 2 } - is based on the conviction that from an empirical observation of human persons we can come to an understanding of human nature and its basic needs.
    { 3 } - bases ethics on an a priori intuition of mental categories.
    { 4 } - bases ethics on an understanding of ourselves as a self-conscious subject.
    { 5 } - is self-evident.

This is the position of G. E. Moore. See p. 157.

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2 is correct!

According to the authors, natural law

    { 1 } - is known to us intuitively and directly.
    { 2 } - is based on the conviction that from an empirical observation of human persons we can come to an understanding of human nature and its basic needs.
    { 3 } - bases ethics on an a priori intuition of mental categories.
    { 4 } - bases ethics on an understanding of ourselves as a self-conscious subject.
    { 5 } - is self-evident.

See p. 157.

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3 is wrong. Please try again.

According to the authors, natural law

    { 1 } - is known to us intuitively and directly.
    { 2 } - is based on the conviction that from an empirical observation of human persons we can come to an understanding of human nature and its basic needs.
    { 3 } - bases ethics on an a priori intuition of mental categories.
    { 4 } - bases ethics on an understanding of ourselves as a self-conscious subject.
    { 5 } - is self-evident.

See p. 157.

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4 is wrong. Please try again.

According to the authors, natural law

    { 1 } - is known to us intuitively and directly.
    { 2 } - is based on the conviction that from an empirical observation of human persons we can come to an understanding of human nature and its basic needs.
    { 3 } - bases ethics on an a priori intuition of mental categories.
    { 4 } - bases ethics on an understanding of ourselves as a self-conscious subject.
    { 5 } - is self-evident.

See p. 157.

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5 is wrong. Please try again.

According to the authors, natural law

    { 1 } - is known to us intuitively and directly.
    { 2 } - is based on the conviction that from an empirical observation of human persons we can come to an understanding of human nature and its basic needs.
    { 3 } - bases ethics on an a priori intuition of mental categories.
    { 4 } - bases ethics on an understanding of ourselves as a self-conscious subject.
    { 5 } - is self-evident.

This is the position of the Declaration of Independence. See p. 157.

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