In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the four alternatives.

.......(1).......some respects, this is unsurprising. Many of these laws do not have an .......(2).......political flavour. The rule against admitting ......(3)........ evidence, for instance, is a result of simple good sense and a keen awareness of human .......(4)......., independent of the relationship between the ruler and the ruled. The same ......(5)........for the laws of property and contract.