Who said that if you can't universalize your action then it is not moral?
a) Socrates
b) Jesus
c) Joseph Fletcher
d) Kant
D
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Identify which of the following fallacies the following example illustrates. Choose the best answer from the list offered. Every instance of human activity can be explained in terms of self-interest. Even acts which seem to be the kindest of gestures with great self-sacrifice, such as displayed by Mother Theresa or Nelson Mandella, are acts of personal greed if you look at it right. For instance,
how do we know Mother Theresa doesn't do what she does to get into Heaven, and Mandella really just wants to be famous and respected? This shows that people are basically egoist and only concerned with their own well-being. a. Faulty Analogy b. Arguing Ad Ignorantiam c. Arguing from Invincible Ignorance d. Jumping from Correlation to Cause e. Post Hoc Ergo Propter Hoc f. Bad Base Line g. Only Game in Town
It's generally easier to show that something couldn't be the cause of a certain effect than it is to prove that it is.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Never trust that TV manufacturing company. I bought a TV from them and it got spoilt within a month!"
What will be an ideal response?
Plato thinks that one of the main weaknesses of democracy is that _____
A. it is too rational and fails to appreciate emotions B. it does not recognize the superiority of people who, like Plato, were descended from royalty C. emotion and ignorance often come out ahead of reason and knowledge D. it is too philosophical to be practical