Descartes was determined to doubt only those ideas which were
a. obviously false.
b. based on experience.
c. based on authority.
d. subject to any possible doubt.
d
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discrimination, none of us is a bearer of rights.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.Nadelmann believes that if we legalized drugs, the use of those drugs
a. would definitely decrease. b. would swiftly decrease, and become much less prevalent than is currently the case. c. might increase drug abuse, though he thinks that is unlikely. d. would soon take the place of alcohol, and become more popular than alcohol, but with less damage to health than is caused by alcohol abuse. e. would immediately increase quite dramatically, but within a decade return to current levels.
Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.Letter to the editor: "Should people on welfare be allowed to play the lottery? I say no. It's time we did something about the welfare rip-off in this country. I believe in charity for the poor, but free-loading parasites who are too lazy to get out and do an honest day's work-I say cut them off at the knees!"-North State Record
What will be an ideal response?
According to Bahaulah humans must realize
a. the true nature of God b. the oneness of the entire human race c. the false nature of religions other than Bahai d. salvation is based upon rejection of the material world