INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint. All mermaids are swimmers. Therefore, no mermaids are non-swimmers
A) Invalid; illicit obversion.
B) Valid; no fallacy.
C) Invalid; existential fallacy.
D) Invalid; illicit contrary.
E) Invalid; illicit contraposition.
B
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materials. Could a company appropriately prohibit women from holding such jobs, on the grounds that the toxic environment might harm fetuses of pregnant women? Johnson Controls manufactures batteries, using lead as a primary ingredient. Known harm caused by exposure to lead includes harm to the fetus carried a female employee. Johnson Control began hiring women for work in its factories in 1977. After several workers became pregnant and had lead levels in their blood in excess of recommended levels, the company adopted a new policy prohibiting any women who were pregnant or of child-bearing age from working in areas of the factory where they might be exposed to lead. The U.S. Supreme Court, in 1991, struck down the restriction as a violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, noting that men could also suffer from exposure to lead but were not barred from these jobs.
What will be an ideal response?Which of the following represents one of the reasons Krishna presents to Arjuna in support of his advice to fight?
A) To refuse to fight will lead to honor. B) Do not grieve for what is unavoidable. C) Victory and defeat are different. D) This is an unjust war, and your duty as a warrior requires you to fight.
INSTRUCTIONS: Use indirect truth tables to answer the following problems. Given the statements: S ? (Q ? L) / (Q ? G) ? (S ? N) / L ? (N ? ? S) / S • ? N These statements are:
A) Inconsistent. B) Invalid. C) Tautologous. D) Logically equivalent. E) Consistent.
Confucianism and Taoism agree on the goal but not on the means for becoming a:
a. wise politician b. superior person c. successful farmer. d. just king