Capital punishment is appropriate in cases of first-degree murder given that the killer has deprived an innocent victim of his or her life
a. Argument
b. Not an argument because there are no claims or only one claim.
c. Not an argument because none of the claims offer a reason for the other.
d. Not an argument because the reasons explain rather than prove the other claims.
A
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Augustine agrees with Platonic rationalism that
a. the senses cannot give us eternal, perfect truth. b. the highest truths are to be found in the inner recesses of the soul. c. ethical norms are known through a kind of intellectual sight. d. all of the above
"We shouldn't let gays get married. If we do, before you know it, people will be marrying their brothers and sisters, animals, plants, multiple people, inanimate objects-it will be chaos. It will be a mockery of marriage. We can't let that happen." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of hasty generalization B. The fallacy of inconsistency C. The slippery-slope fallacy D. The weak analogy fallacy E. None of the answers are correct
The term "Buddha" means
a. religious one. b. wish-fulfiller. c. awakened one. d. spiritual one.
"Most wars have deaths from 'friendly-fire.' The Korean war was a war. Thus, The Korean war had deaths from 'friendly-fire'" is
A) a strong inductive argument B) a weak inductive argument