Question

Fifteen-year-old Mary, who has become critical of her parents and siblings, envisions a world with no injustice or discrimination. This is typical of the __________ that manifests from adolescents’ capacity to think about possibilities
A) personal fable
B) imaginary audience
C) idealism
D) egocentrism

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is C. Fifteen-year-old Mary, who has become critical of her parents and siblings, envisions a world with no injustice or discrimination. This is typical of the idealism that manifests from adolescents’ capacity to think about possibilities .

Explanation:

Idealism denotes different currents and individual positions in philosophy that “emphasize that reality is radically determined by knowledge and thinking” or that ideas constitute the foundations of reality, knowledge and morality. In the narrower sense, a representative of an idealism is defined as someone who assumes that the physical world only exists as an object for consciousness or that it is mentally constituted in itself.

In ethical idealism it is assumed that we can and should justify and regulate our actions through reasonable, reliable and binding considerations. In everyday language use, "idealism" can designate an altruistic, selfless attitude.