Read the following passage found in Leviticus 19:15 and then answer the question below. "You shall do no injustice in judgment; you shall not be partial to the poor nor defer to the great, but you are to judge your neighbor fairly. You shall not go about as a slanderer among your people, and you are not to act against the life of your neighbor; I am the Lord." Which of the following governmental principles can be inferred from this passage?
a. Legal protection should be rendered partially, and with respect to one's social and economic status.
b. Law should be administered without respect of persons.
c. Law should be administered fairly by granting preferential treatment to the great and wealthy, after all, they fund most of the operations of the government through taxes.
d. Preferential treatment should be administered to the poor.