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Sacrosanct

Most sacred or holy

Commodity

An economic good something useful or valid

Unfettered

Not controlled or restricted; free

Parlance

Speech, manner or mode of speech

Exorbitant

Exceeding customary or appropriate limits in intensity or quality

Visceral

Felt in the internal organs of the body

Atavistic

Recurrence in an organism of a trait typical of an ancestral form due to genetic recombination

Acceded

To give or express one’s approval

Decorous

Polite following the established rules

Capacious

Spacious more then adequate

Laissez-faire

A doctrine opposing government interference in economic affairs beyond the minimum necessary

Libertarian

An advocate of the doctrine of free will; upholding the principles of individual liberty especially of thought and action

Egalitarian

Asserting, promoting, or marked by egalitarianism; advocating the removal of inequalities among people and belief in human equality

Anathema

Someone or something instantly disliked or loathed

Affirmative action

An advantage given to minority students

Abomination

Something regarded with disgust or hatred

Dogmatic

Characterized by the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts; of or relating to dogma

Socrates

Circa 430-399 BC Greek philosopher who focuses on the good as commensurate with the noble and the beautiful

Aristotle

Focused on achieving happiness determined by the final end

Endeavor

Serious determined effort

Interlocutor

One who takes part in conversation

Plato’s republic

Men still in the cave analogy as happy and naive; possible example of utilitarianism

Dialectical

Dialogue as a method of intellectual investigation

Utopia

A perfect place; an impractical scheme for social improvement

Immanuel Kant

Holds the highest intrinsic value to be good will

John Stuart Mill

Strengthened the happiness principle of Jeremy Bentham and James Mill

John Rawls

Presented a contract theory to utilitarianism; aimed to protected fundamental rights and liberties of persons