Determine whether the following claim is best classified as semantically ambiguous (and whether this contains grouping ambiguities), syntactically ambiguous, or free from ambiguity: "Police said Sunday that a Lebanese woman arrested in Milan planned to deliver photographs of American hostages to an Italian man who has been linked to arms scandals.... The man... was questioned by police after they found the photos and a letter from a hostage hidden in a false bottom of the woman's suitcase Thursday."-From an Associated Press dispatch, Sacramento Bee

What will be an ideal response?


Syntactically ambiguous: Was the hostage hidden in the suitcase?

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A) strong, creative people are harmed by obedience to moral rules intended to protect the weak. B) a political revolution is needed before suffering peoples can lead the good life. C) it is always the dominant economic power that determines what is right and wrong. D) people in Western countries no longer believe in God.

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The following are things that the person behind the veil of ignorance does not know:

a. that he is self-interested. b. the office he will hold in the society. c. that there is scarcity of resources. d. all of these choices. e. none of these choices.

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Kant thought that Hume was wrong to say that _______

A. all knowledge arises out of experience B. the self delineates the possible forms of knowledge C. the self is an immaterial thing D. the self is just conscious experience

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The pluralist view of religions is the view that

A) no religion offers a valid path to salvation B) ?some religions offer valid paths to salvation C) ?some religions do not offer valid paths to salvation D) ?all religions offer valid paths to salvation

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