"To know about immigration you have to be either a senator or an immigrant. That attorney is neither. So she doesn't know anything about immigration" commits the fallacy of
A) begging the question B) begging the question against C) complex question D) false alternatives E) accident
D
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Basic Analogical Reasoning Morgan needs a new set of tires for her car, and she wants tires that will last for 50,000 miles. Her friend Ashley bought a set of Goodmonth XK-1 tires four years ago, and those tires lasted 50,000 miles. Morgan concludes that if she buys Goodmonth XK-1 tires for her own car, those tires will last for 50,000 miles. How do the following facts bear on Morgan's
conclusion? Morgan's car is blue, but Ashley's is silver colored. A) Strengthens. B) Weakens. C) Has no effect.
According to Mill, the pleasures of the intellect have ________ the pleasures of the senses
a. no valued compared to b. the same value as c. less value than d. a higher value than
A 2007 experiment at the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience showed brain activity signaling a choice being made up to seven seconds before the subject experienced knowledge of making a choice
The researcher believed this indicated that free will is an illusion. Critics disagreed because ________. A. brain scans are like watching the brain think B. the researcher was unable to replicate his results C. the brain may simply have been "ramping up" to make a decision D. Socrates had conducted similar experiments and come to a different conclusion
Which of the following is not an actual ethical theory?
A) consequentialism B) deontology C) utilitarianism D) principalism