Assignment task:
Whether human beings are naturally good or bad is an age-old debate, and how people answer this question has influenced their ideas about government. Those who believe that a(n) (1) toward evil is inborn tend to think that a government, must be (2) : strong, with laws that are strict and strictly enforced. They are not misanthropes,° they insist, simply realists. Under a weak government, they argue, (3) will result: humanity will, on the whole, behave viciously and brutally, In contrast are those who believe that human beings are born good and would remain good if powerful governments did not (4) their freedom. They argue that when a government crushes freedom, it also subjugates® basic human decency, and therefore all governments should be weak and their laws should be few. One extreme View actually favors (5), no government and no laws. Anarchists are often accused of recommending chaotic (6), Or at best of being (7). idealists. They respond, though, that the effect would be (8). a healthy society. is (9). The debate remains unsettled. Not surprisingly, evidence favoring total absence of government since societies see it as risky and few if any have had the (10) to try it.