Consider the negative evaluative adjectives: "False, Improbable, Self-Contradictory, Fanciful, Fabricated, Vague, Ambiguous, Nonsensical, and Unknowable." The adjectives in that list typically best apply to which of the following?
A. premises
B. reasons
C. claims/conclusions
D. arguments
E. argument makers
Answer: A. premises
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a. stress b. partially blocked arteries c. high fat diet d. none of the above e. all of the above
Identify the moral perspective at work here:At the supermarket, Vickie just ran her cart into a display of jars with jams and preserves, and now the aisle is full of broken glass and jam. She feels like leaving the store as quickly as possible. Is that an acceptable course of action?No, it isn't, because someone may have seen her knock the display over. If she is caught leaving, she, as well as the store management, will be embarrassed.
What will be an ideal response?
Functionalists argue that mental states are functions that
A) ?can be embodied in different materials, including brains and computers. B) ?have no physical embodiment. C) ?can occur only in brains. D) ?are identical with different behaviors.
Patricia Werhane says that private property, minimal regulations, and free trade are characteristics of what?
a. The rights of every business b. Western mental models of industrialization c. Universal social "goods" d. Natural capital