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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.

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