INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below, you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and a new statement. You must determine how the new statement is related to the given statement and determine the truth value of the new statement. Take the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that ‘A' and ‘B' denote things that actually exist. Some A are not non-B. (T) Some A are B
A) Contraposition. (T)
B) Conversion. (Und.)
C) Contradiction. (F)
D) Obversion. (T)
E) Subcontrary. (Und.)
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A) ?Bris milah B) ?Rosh Hashanah C) ?Yom Kippur D) ?Bar mitzvah
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A) All movies identical to Dark Interlude are sexy. B) All movies that are not sexy are movies without nude scenes. C) All movies identical to Dark Interlude are sexy movies. D) All sexy movies are movies with nude scenes. E) All movies identical to Dark Interlude are movies with nude scenes.
In answer to the argument that homosexuality violates Biblical teaching, Corvino
responds that a. attention to the original language (rather than flawed translations) of the Bible shows that the Bible does not actually condemn homosexuality. b. Biblical revelations are God's early revelations to a people that did not fully understand them; later revelations from God show God's approval of homosexuality. c. the Bible prohibitions against homosexuality are the teachings of a brutal and warlike tribe who promoted heterosexuality in order to replace the soldiers killed in its wars of aggression. d. such teachings must be interpreted in their historical and cultural context. e. Biblical teachings are relevant only for strictly religious and devotional areas of faith, not for the guidance of human conduct.