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Kavita is summarising the Declaration of Philadelphia, 1944, for a seminar at her Delhi firm. Which one of the following is a principle affirmed in that Declaration?

The Declaration of Philadelphia affirmed that labour is not a commodity. It also stated that freedom of expression and association are essential to sustained progress and that poverty anywhere endangers prosperity everywhere, so the other options contradict it.

  1. ALabour is not a commodityCorrect
  2. BLabour is a commodity regulated by market forces alone
  3. CPoverty anywhere is of no concern to prosperity elsewhere
  4. DFreedom of association is unnecessary for sustained progress

Explanation

The Declaration reaffirmed that labour is not a commodity, that freedom of expression and association are essential to sustained progress, and that poverty anywhere constitutes a danger to prosperity everywhere. The other options invert these principles.

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