INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. In testimony to the court, Harold Geyser, President of the American Accounting Society, said that the CFO of the Abracadabra Corporation falsified the corporation's financial statements. Therefore, members of the jury, you must conclude that the CFO did indeed falsify these statements
A) Amphiboly.
B) No fallacy.
C) Appeal to unqualified authority.
D) False cause.
E) Begging the question.
B
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world! The hand of the Almighty points the way! Every true patriot will heed the clarion call of freedom for all humankind! A) No fallacy. B) Missing the point. C) Slippery slope. D) Appeal to the people. E) Appeal to pity.
Religious violence includes indirect means such as inducing famine
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
What does Solomon mean by the "master and slave" metaphor used to describe reason and emotion?
A) The wisdom of reason should be the master over untamed emotion. B) Emotion is more primitive and dangerous and needs to be controlled by reason. C) Emotion is an inferior form of distorted judgment. D) All of the above are correct.
The term "Middle Ages" was coined as a term of respect
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.