PU-MET : Panjab University MBA Entrance Exam with MCQ Answers 2017

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The author is not happy with word 'law' because

Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it.
Laws of nature are not commands but statements of acts. The use of the word "law" in this context is rather unfortunate. It would be better to speak of uniformities in nature. This would do away with the elementary fallacy that a law implies a law giver. If a piece of matter does not obey a law of nature it is punished. On the contrary, we say that the law has been incorrectly started.
A: it connotes rigidity and harshness
B: it implies an agency which has made them
C: it does not convey the sense of nature's uniformity
D: it gives rise to false beliefs

The answer is: A