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In his 1873 essay 'Environment', how does Fyodor Dostoevsky critique the popular environmental determinism theory ('sreda') used in courtrooms to absolve criminals?
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- 1By demonstrating that society has no moral obligation to reform lawbreakers.
- 2By asserting that wealth is the sole determinant of moral corruption in society.
- 3By arguing that the theory reduces the individual to a helpless product of social conditions, destroying human freedom and moral responsibility.✓
- 4By claiming that Russian peasants are intellectually incapable of understanding social theory.
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By arguing that the theory reduces the individual to a helpless product of social conditions, destroying human freedom and moral responsibility.
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