Who wrote, "Despite its fragility and selectivity, the capacity to care for others is the bedrock of our moral system. It is the only capacity that does not snugly fit the hedonic cage in which philosophers, psychologists, and biologists have tried to lock the human spirit"?
A. David Hume
B. Thomas Hobbes
C. Ayn Rand
D. Frans de Waal
D. Frans de Waal
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Syllogism 2E Given the following syllogism: No unbearable experiences are pleasant flights, because all bumpy flights are unpleasant flights and all smooth flights are bearable experiences. For Syllogism 2E, the minor premise is:
A) All smooth flights are pleasant flights. B) All pleasant flights are bearable experiences. C) All pleasant flights are smooth flights. D) All smooth flights are bearable experiences. E) All bearable experiences are smooth flights.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. The sign on the restaurant wall says "No Smoking Rules Enforced." Therefore, we can probably smoke, since the smoking rules aren't enforced
A) Missing the point. B) Appeal to ignorance. C) Amphiboly. D) No fallacy. E) Equivocation.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that some veterinarians are not animal lovers. Therefore, some veterinarians are animal lovers
A) Invalid, illicit conversion. B) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. C) Valid, no fallacy. D) Invalid, illicit subalternation. E) Invalid, existential fallacy.