Most states have some form of which are levied on the earnings of individuals and corporations.

Give an example of a situation in which an individual's pursuit of economic self-interest may not benefit but instead harm the rest of society

Chris, a master at office gossip and innuendo, says, "we know we have a corporate spy someplace in the organization, probably on the management team itself. there is no evidence that it is audrey. in fact, she's too clean, if you know what i mean. somebody should fire audrey; she's got to be the spy." by making this argument chris is actually engaging in (a) an appeal to emotion fallacy (b) a straw man fallacy (c) an appeal to ignorance fallacy (d) circular reasoning (e) an appeal to the mob fallacy

Explain comment: much of the thought upon which present-day democratic government rests began as a challenge to the theory of the divine right of kings