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Stenka25 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
What does the underlined 'which' stand for?
What does the underlined 'which' stand for?
The paragraph below comes from Justice by Michael Sandel.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=SKEeHVwT5UMC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=%22the+qualities+of+character,+on+which+a+good+society+depends%22&source=bl&ots=v_i_47gbin&sig=ZAZFEYAY3QMScblEwkLlXxOB3pk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_qbXWqbPNAhVIFZQKHRlABowQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=%22the%20qualities%20of%20character%2C%20on%20which%20a%20good%20society%20depends%22&f=false
What’s important to notice, however, is that the debate about price-gouging laws is not simply about welfare and freedom. It is also about virtue—about cultivating the attitudes and dispositions, the qualities of character, on which a good society depends.
Here, I am not so sure about what the underlined 'which' represents.
Before dealing with 'which' I have another small but inevitable question of the relation between 'the attitudes and dispositions' and 'the qualities of character'.
It seems saying the same things in two other way, that is APPOSITION.
(Am I right?)
And then the main question of what 'which' is referring to.
It seems to be able to indicate 'cultivating' in a way, and also 'the qualities of character' in another.
I am leaning towards the latter but not so sure.
Sincerely hope for your replies.
The paragraph below comes from Justice by Michael Sandel.
https://books.google.co.kr/books?id=SKEeHVwT5UMC&pg=PA8&lpg=PA8&dq=%22the+qualities+of+character,+on+which+a+good+society+depends%22&source=bl&ots=v_i_47gbin&sig=ZAZFEYAY3QMScblEwkLlXxOB3pk&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi_qbXWqbPNAhVIFZQKHRlABowQ6AEIHzAB#v=onepage&q=%22the%20qualities%20of%20character%2C%20on%20which%20a%20good%20society%20depends%22&f=false
What’s important to notice, however, is that the debate about price-gouging laws is not simply about welfare and freedom. It is also about virtue—about cultivating the attitudes and dispositions, the qualities of character, on which a good society depends.
Here, I am not so sure about what the underlined 'which' represents.
Before dealing with 'which' I have another small but inevitable question of the relation between 'the attitudes and dispositions' and 'the qualities of character'.
It seems saying the same things in two other way, that is APPOSITION.
(Am I right?)
And then the main question of what 'which' is referring to.
It seems to be able to indicate 'cultivating' in a way, and also 'the qualities of character' in another.
I am leaning towards the latter but not so sure.
Sincerely hope for your replies.
Top answer
Stenka25 What does the underlined 'which' stand for? ) I suggest that it is the author expanding his thought rather than 'the same things'; the sentence structure indicates apposition, however.
- Stenka25 What does the underlined 'which' stand for?
- ) I suggest that it is the author expanding his thought rather than 'the same things'; the sentence structure indicates apposition, however.
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Stenka25What does the underlined 'which' stand for?the attitudes and dispositions, the qualities of character
Stenka25 the relation between 'the attitudes and dispositions' and 'the qualities of character'.It seems saying the same things in two other way, that is APPOSITION.(Am I right?)I suggest that it is the aut
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