Question

use the following diagram to answer question 20
rights to intellectual property are the foundation for advancing idea - generated growth and the enormous range of improvements in our lives that come from new technologies. substantial social value is created as well from the software, entertainment, and other copyright - intensive industries, and from the ability of consumers to readily identify quality goods by brand names. protections for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets are essential...

1. the two philosophers who would argue due to their ideologically opposed perspectives demonstrated in the source above would be:

a) john locke and j.s mill
b) karl marx and adam smith
c) adam smith and john locke
d) j.s mill and karl marx
use the following statements to answer question 21
speaker i
people will always be incapable of handling their own affairs. they are easily deceived and swayed by appeals to emotion since the vast majority are decidedly lacking in ability refinement. rabble - rousers are more likely to be elected than candidates who are really qualified to hold public office.
speaker ii
i have confidence that the mass of the people can make broad decisions with intelligence if all relevant information can be placed before them, if the issues can be fully discussed, if problems are not too technical for the average person, and if there is time for democratic judgments to take hold.

Explanation:

Karl Marx had a socialist - communist perspective which often critiqued the capitalist - based intellectual property system that benefits the bourgeoisie. J.S. Mill was a liberal philosopher who generally supported individual freedoms and the capitalist economic system which values intellectual property rights. Their ideological stances on property and economic systems would lead them to oppose each other on the issue of intellectual property rights as described.

Answer:

d) J.S Mill and Karl Marx