Thomson's Diseased Musician thought experiment shows that killing innocent persons is always wrong.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)


False

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Mill wrote that the claim that economics is a science rests upon the assumption that:

A. custom (habit) plays an important role in economic behavior. B. economic behavior is determined entirely by competition. C. capitalism and utilitarianism are compatible. D. happiness is identical with pleasure. E. pleasures differ in quantity, but not quality.

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An experienced guide capable of helping others on the path toward salvation is called a(n) ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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"No one has proved that the lost continent of Atlantis doesn't exist. Therefore, the lost continent of Atlantis probably does exist." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.

A. The fallacy of inconsistency B. The fallacy of false alternatives C. The slippery-slope fallacy D. The fallacy of appeal to ignorance E. None of the answers are correct

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Descartes’s theory of knowledge is called

a. empiricism. b. rationalism. c. pragmatism. d. Scholasticism.

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