Criticize the following claim based on the material from Chapter 3 of the text."The enormity of what's taken place is sinking in now."-George Bush, just after his election to the presidency

What will be an ideal response?


Clearly, Bush didn't know what "enormity" means. Have students check their dictionaries.

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a) utilitarianism. b) Ross's view of prima facie duties. c) Rawls's moral view. d) Kantian ethics.

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Race-based medicine has been defended as a step toward personalized medicine

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Functionalism is the view that most modern ____________ have turned

A. Psychologists B. Mystics C. Pragmatists D. Physicalists

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that no underdogs are winners. Therefore, it is false that some underdogs are not winners

A) Valid, no fallacy. B) Invalid, illicit contraposition. C) Invalid, illicit subalternation. D) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. E) Invalid, illicit conversion.

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