Why did southern plantation owners support slavery? Slaves owned small parcels of land. Without them, the plantations would not be large
enough to grow crops.

It cost less to buy slaves than to hire workers.

Owners did most of the work on plantations.

Slaves did a better job harvesting cotton, sugar cane, and tobacco than anyone else.

A. spinoza thinks that we human beings are due for what was described in class as an “ontological demotion.” explain this ontological demotion, comparing his view of what we are to a more traditional aristotelian view. (you should concentrate on spinoza’s views on the human body, but be sure to say something about what he thinks the human mind is.) why does he think the demotion is needed? is he right? explain why the demotion matters to the overall project of the ethics.

This cartoon appeared in 1916. the topic of the cartoon isa)the reason for the start of world war i. b)the success of us submarines in world war i. c)the military alliance between germany and mexico. d)the attitude in the us towards submarine warfare in world 

Voters commonly condemn politicians for being insincere, but politicians often must disguise their true feelings when they make public statements. if they expressed their honest views—about, say, their party's policies—then achieving politically necessary compromises would be much more difficult. clearly, the very insincerity that people decry shows that our government is functioning well. which of the following, if true, most seriously undermines this reasoning? (a) achieving political compromises is not all that is necessary for the proper functioning of a government. (b) some political compromises are not in the best long-term interest of the government. (c) voters often judge politicians by criteria other than the sincerity with which they express their views. (d) a political party's policies could turn out to be detrimental to the functioning of a government. (e) some of the public statements made by politicians about their party's policies could in fact be sincere.