A good deductive argument is said to be cogent.

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)


Answer: False

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In order to be an existentialist, one must reject faith, and endorse a secular humanist view of reality

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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Hume writes, "When I see, for instance, a Billiard-ball moving in a straight line towards another; even suppose motion in the second ball should by accident be suggested to me, as the result of their contact or impulse; may I not conceive, that a hundred different events might as well follow from that cause? May not both these balls remain at absolute rest? May not the first ball return in a

straight line, or leap off from the second in any line or direction? All these suppositions are consistent and conceivable." Hume goes on to argue that ____. A) a priori reasoning will never be able to show us any foundation for favoring one of these possibilities to another. B) a priori reasoning will be able to show us a foundation for favoring one of these possibilities to another. C) we must suppose that the connection between cause and effect consists of a perceived necessity. D) only God knows what the second Billiard-ball will do after being struck by the first.

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The problem of multiple results emerging from a good intention is known as

a. plural effects. b. the doctrine of double effect. c. collateral damage. d. normative ethics.

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If a law is not promulgated, then

a. It is not a legitimate law. b. Every one has a duty to search for and discoverit. c. It is binding only on those who are able to discover it. d. None of the above.

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