William Carey, a nineteenth-century British missionary, objected to the practice of surviving Indian widows dying on their dead husbands’ funeral pyres called
a. suttee
b. Holi
c. Dasehra
d. varnas
Answer: a
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ahead. A) Inductive, weak. B) Deductive, invalid. C) Inductive, strong. D) Deductive, valid. E) Inductive, uncogent.
The costs of medical care are high in the United States because of
a) drug costs. b) the lack of price negotiations. c) advances in costly technology. d) all of these choices.
Special ethics applies to which of the following?
A. It analyzes hidden presuppositions and brings them to light for critical scrutiny B. It consists of studying and describing the morality of a people, culture, or society. C. It analyzes societal practices and their application to particular problems. D. It consists of applying general ethics to particular problems.
Do you think that people who lie more, often see themselves as lying for selfish reasons or utilitarian reasons? Can a person's reasons for lying be both selfish and utilitarian at the same time?
What will be an ideal response?