For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim.Mr. Thomas ought to treat his pets better. He feeds them so little that they look like they're starving to death.
What will be an ideal response?
People who feed their pets too little ought to treat them better.
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A) This argument contains no fallacy. B) This argument contains a formal fallacy. C) This argument contains a fallacy of weak induction. D) This argument contains a fallacy of ambiguity. E) This argument contains a fallacy of illicit transference.
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A. purposive B. representative C. convenience D. snowball
In South and Central America, the Pan-Mayan movement has been effective in securing the
right of the indigenous peoples of:
a. Peru b. Brazil c. Guatemala d. Columbi
As a lexical definition, Ambrose Bierce's definition of logic as "The art of thinking and reasoning in strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human misunderstanding" may be criticized as:
A) Being too broad. B) Being too narrow. C) Being negative. D) Being figurative. E) Being affective.