The Sophists believed that power was subservient to the truth

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False

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A young female writer’s assistant working on the television series “Friends” sued for sexual

harassment. She claimed that the offensive, sexually tinged conversation of the writers’ meetings made it impossible for her to carry out her job effectively and she quit, seeking damages in the lawsuit.

What will be an ideal response?

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If we take de Beauvoir's ethical observations seriously, it is obvious that it is always wrong to lie

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"Either you enact laws about immigration like Arizona's or you do nothing. Therefore, you must enact such laws. For doing nothing would amount to surrendering your country to the rising tide of illegal immigrants" commits the fallacy of

A) begging the question B) begging the question against C) complex question D) false alternatives E) accident

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State two common objections to libertarianism. A. First, it would be unreasonable to require wealthy people to sacrifice theliberty to spend their money on social programs and activities, and second,the right to welfare is a guaranteed right from both a libertarian and liberalperspective

B. First, it would be unreasonable to require wealthy people to support anyonebut themselves since it would go against their own self-interests, and second,the right to welfare is an inherently unreasonable construct. C. First, wealthy people should be required to sacrifice the liberty to do whatthey want with their wealth so that the poor has the liberty to meet their basic needs, and second, the right to welfare from a libertarian perspective is much less just than the right to welfare from a liberal perspective. D. First, it would be unreasonable to require wealthy people to sacrifice the liberty to do what they want with their wealth so that the poor has the liberty to meet their basic needs, and second, the right to welfare from a libertarian perspective significantly differs from a liberal one.

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