According to Bedau, the strongest practical objection to the death penalty is that it is

inequitably applied.



What will be an ideal response?


According to van den Haag, its inequitable application is not a
serious objection to the penalty itself. Who is right, and why?

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Please provide the best answer for the statement.

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When an argument is categorical, entailment hinges on

A) the relation between words in premises and conclusion. B) the logical connections between the propositions that make it up. C) the relations between the propositions that make it up, together with the facts.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. The number of alcoholics has risen steadily for the past 20 years, and so has the number of treatment centers. Therefore, to cut down on alcoholism we should eliminate the treatment centers

A) Appeal to ignorance. B) Equivocation. C) Weak analogy. D) False cause. E) No fallacy.

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