Why do religions exist? Give at least three possible reasons and defend them with good arguments (and, when appropriate, references to others who offer similar reasons).
What will be an ideal response?
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McCaffery insists that one major reason many people have for accumulating wealth is to
a. gain political power. b. leave a significant estate for their children. c. indulge in conspicuous displays of their wealth. d. "win" the unspoken contest of trying to accumulate the greatest fortune. e. to endow public works or public institutions.
Feminists who view gender as a changeable social construct are called
a. liberals. b. nonessentialists. c. biological determinists. d. genderists.
One way of distinguishing the mind from its ideas, according to Berkeley, is to say that the mind is an object of ideas
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Madison gets pulled over by a police officer, who noticed that she was swerving while driving and that there is a whiff of alcohol on her breath. The officer gives Madison a horizontal gaze test. She passes it. Statistics about the horizontal gaze test show that, out of 100 people taken at random from the general population, only 15% of those who pass the horizontal gaze test are over the blood alcohol limit. So Madison says: there's only a 15% probability that I'm over the blood alcohol limit! Madison's reasoning...
A. is wrong because it ignores total evidence B. is wrong because she is refusing to acknowledge that the result of the horizontal gaze test is actually evidence against her position C. is wrong because passing the horizontal gaze test does not provide any evidence that she is below the blood alcohol limit D. is perfectly good