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Norwegian sociologist and peace and conflict studies founder Johan Galtung argued that genuine and lasting peace requires the active presence of social justice, equitable institutions, and cooperation among groups within a society. ______ his framework relegates to a lesser condition the ordinary notion that peace means simply the absence of fighting—a state he termed “negative peace”.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

a. As such,

b. What is more,

c. To illustrate,

d. By contrast,

a. As such,

In philosophy, hard determinism holds that every event is the inevitable consequence of antecedent conditions and physical laws, a thesis its critics dismiss as a category mistake that conflates mere causation with genuine compulsion. For hard determinists, ______ being compelled and being caused are indivisible: a deliberation no more escapes its causes than a landslide escapes gravity.

Which choice completes the text with the most logical transition?

a. indeed,

b. then,

c. ultimately,

d. critically,

b. then,