Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."Either go to school today or remain unemployed for the rest of your life!"
What will be an ideal response?
Scare tactics. The perfectionist fallacy.
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The authority of scripture is often established and maintained by a special class of scholars who are the guardians of scripture and recognized experts in its _____________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Using the six definitional criteria, evaluate the following: A boat is a hole in the water that you pour money into.
What will be an ideal response?
Kant claims that a good will is manifested when a person does good from duty, not inclination. Why does he claim this?
A) Inclination is a feeling, and feelings cannot be morally commanded. B) We must be inclined to do what is good. C) Morality is a matter of feeling, not of will. D) What we will is based on how we feel.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for the following problems. Escaping between the horns of a dilemma means:
A) Proving the dilemma unsound by proving the conjunctive premise false. B) Proving the dilemma unsound by proving it invalid. C) Proving the dilemma invalid by proving the conjunctive premise false. D) Proving the dilemma invalid by proving the disjunctive premise false. E) Proving the dilemma unsound by proving the disjunctive premise false.