Question

Multiple Choice

a.	an argument	c.	a description
b.	an explanation “In order to avoid misunderstanding, it might have been wiser to ask in the title: What was—and not what is—authority? For it is my contention that we are tempted and entitled to raise this question because authority has vanished from the modern world. Since we can no longer fall back upon authentic and undisputable experiences common to all, the very term has become clouded by controversy and confusion. Little about its nature appears self-evident or even comprehensible to everybody, except that the political scientist may still remember that this concept was once fundamental to political theory, or that most will agree that a constant, ever-widening and deepening crisis of authority has accompanied the development of the modern world in our century.” [Hannah Arendt, originally published as “What is Authority?” Between Past and Future, Harvard University Press, 1959; quoted here from The Portable Hannah Arendt, Penguin Books, 2000, p.462]	d.	none of these

Answer 1

Since these facts stated in the above text are refutable, it is more of an argument which can be challenged. This simply means that the text which is extracted from the given source of references, attempts to question the fact that authority has vanished from the modern world. Since we can no longer fall back upon authentic and undisputable experiences common to all, the very term has become clouded by controversy and confusion. This may refer to the ongoing endless ampunt of choices that one has in every domain of life which tends to cause confusion and misery rather than solve a problem. This is therefore an argument, more so because of the nature of challenge- philosophical orientation itself. The fact that free will and determinism debate can be somewhat related to this argument in many ways as well.