"Mansfield is not to blame for smashing up his friend's new car." After all, Mansfield had his own driver's license with him at the time he ran into that locomotive" commits the fallacy of

A) appeal to pity B) appeal to force C) appeal to emotion D) ad hominem E) beside the point F) straw man


E

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a. acupuncture b. Falun Gong c. feng shui d. li

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Using rules from both Group I and Group II, construct a deduction to prove that the following is valid.1. P ? Q (Premise)2. R ? Q (Premise)3. P v R (Premise)/? Q

What will be an ideal response?

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Using rules from both Group I and Group II, construct a deduction to prove that the following is valid.1. P ? (Q & R) (Premise)2. R ? (S v T) (Premise)/? ~(~P v S) ? T

What will be an ideal response?

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The __________ theory states that any distribution of income and wealth is just if it results from individuals' freely chosen actions

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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