GMAT Critical Reasoning (CR) | Philosopher: Nations are not literally persons; they have n

Philosopher: Nations are not literally persons; they have no thoughts or feelings, and, literally speaking, they perform no actions. Thus they have no moral rights or responsibilities. But no nation can survive unless many of its citizens attribute such rights and responsibilities to it, for nothing else could prompt people to make the sacrifices national citizenship demands.Obviously , then, a nation _______.

Which one of the following most logically completes the philosopher’s argument?

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