Identify any type of fallacy in the following passage.From a column by Suzanne Fields, in the Washington Post, after George W. Bush had given a speech at Bob Jones University (well known for its anti-Catholic stance) and been attacked for it by fellow Republican John McCain:"John McCain's attacks on George W. as an anti-Catholic bigot are over the line.... The governor of Texas made mistakes at Bob Jones University. He admitted them. He wasted an important opportunity to rebuke Bob Jones' anti-Catholicism and its ban on interracial dating.... His performance and prominence there was ill thought-out, but it doesn't prove bigotry. It was also the height of hypocrisy when Mr. McCain exempted his supporter Rep. Lindsey Graham from similar criticism for his accepting an honorary degree from
Bob Jones U., and not uttering a single syllable of criticism."
What will be an ideal response?
Is the last sentence an example of ad hominem fallacy or common practice fallacy in defense of George Bush, or is it merely a request for fair play?
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A) informative use B) directive use C) expressive use
Who challenged Locke's copy theory of truth by pointing out that the so-called objects Locke thought ideas correspond to lacked any fixed nature?
A) Descartes B) Russell C) Hume D) Berkeley
Compare Glaucon's and Hobbes's ideas of justice.
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. Some fantasy films are enjoyable pastimes. Therefore, some fantasy films are not unenjoyable pastimes
A) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. B) Valid, no fallacy. C) Invalid, illicit subalternation. D) Invalid, illicit contraposition. E) Invalid, illicit conversion.