With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made: 1. Human relationships are derived from their religious traditions. 2. Human beings can be duty bound only if they believe in god. 3. Religious traditions are essential to practice and understand justice. Which of these assumption(s) is/are valid?

Passage

In general, religious traditions stress our duty to god, or to some universal ethical principle. Our duties to one another derive from these. The religious concept of rights is primarily derived from our relationship to this divinity or principle and the implication it has on our other relationships. This correspondence between rights and duties is critical to any further understanding of justice. But, for justice to be practiced; virtue, rights and duties cannot remain formal abstractions. They must be grounded in a community (common unity) bound together by a sense of common union (communion). Even as a personal virtue, this solidarity is essential to the practice and understanding of justice.

QUESTION

CSAT

Medium

Comprehension

Prelims 2016

With reference to the passage, the following assumptions have been made:

Human relationships are derived from their religious traditions.
Human beings can be duty bound only if they believe in god.
Religious traditions are essential to practice and understand justice.

Which of these assumption(s) is/are valid?

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Explanation

Statement 1 is correct. The passage states that religious traditions emphasize duties to God or a universal ethical principle, and that duties to one another derive from these traditions. This implies that human relationships are influenced by religious traditions.

Statement 2 is incorrect. The passage does not claim that belief in God is the only way for human beings to be duty-bound. It mentions religious traditions but does not exclude other sources of moral responsibility.

Statement 3 is incorrect. While the passage discusses the role of religious traditions in understanding justice, it does not state that they are the only means to practice and understand justice.