Question

Use the passage from an important Enlightenment text, the Persian Letters of Baron de Montesquieu, to answer the following question:

Men are capable of unjust actions because it is in their interest to do them, and they prefer their own satisfaction to that of others. They always act with reference to themselves -- no one is gratuitously wicked; there must be a determinant reason, and this reason is always a reason of self-interest. — Public Domain
Which of the following statements is supported by the passage?
A) People are by nature immoral and wicked.
B) People try to satisfy others over themselves.
C) Wickedness is the result of self-interest.
D) Evil is committed for a reason.

Answer 1

C) Wickedness is a result of self interest, as it is written in the passage that Men are capable of unjust actions because it is in their interest to do them.

Step-by-step explanation:

I took the test (FLVS) and I got it right

Answer 2

C and D

Step-by-step explanation:

According to the passage only the most appropriate answers can be

C) Wickedness is a result of self interest, as it is written in the passage that Men are capable of unjust actions because it is in their interest to do them.

D) Evil is committed for a reason as

no one is gratuitously wicked;there must be a determinant reason, and this reason is always a reason of self-interest.

option A and B are incorrect as per passage.