A friend claims that Bill Gates is the leader of a satanic cabal seeking to overthrow democracy as we know it. You ask for proof of this claim. The friend responds, "You can't prove it isn't true!"
Answer: fallacy of misplaced burden of proof
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best translation for each categorical proposition. All the musicians except the violinists are practicing
A) All violinists are musicians who are practicing and no non-violinists are musicians who are practicing. B) Some violinists are practicing and some violinists are not practicing. C) No violinists are musicians who are practicing. D) No violinists are musicians who are practicing and all musicians who are not violinists are musicians who are practicing. E) All non-violinists are musicians who are practicing.
The religious practice of the majority of Hindus is
A. bhakti, the devotion to a god or gods. B. sannyasin, the renunciation of possession. C. yoga, the practice of spiritual and discipline. D. dhyana, the practice of meditation.
If something is physically impossible, then it is inconsistent with
A. the laws of logic. B. the laws of mysticism. C. the laws of technology. D. the laws of nature.
Which ethical theory might favor a program of positive eugenics?
a. Ross's prima facie duties. b. Kant's deontology. c. Virtue ethics. d. Utilitarianism.