What formal fallacy is committed by the following argument? "Cocaine is not an illegal drug in the United States. For either cocaine or LSD is an illegal drug in the United States, and LSD is an illegal drug in the United States."
A) denying the antecedent B) affirming the consequent C) affirming a disjunct
C
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for each multiple choice question. Which of the following categorical propositions is in standard form?
A) No mutual funds are completely without risk. B) No physicians are immune from making mistakes. C) Not every restaurant serves organic food. D) Some carwashes are solar powered operations. E) All sleep aids are not drugs without side effects.
Which of the following is a claim made by critics of the social costs view based on the idea that an increase in consumer carelessness will lead to an increase in consumer injuries?
a. The social cost view is unjust. b. The social cost view places undue burdens on manufacturers. c. The social cost view is based on incorrect assumptions. d. The social cost view places undue burdens on insurance carriers.
Ethical relativism is the view that:
A. whether an act is right can never be known. B. the rightness of an act is relative to the amount of goodness it produces. C. no acts are really right or wrong. D. the rightness of an act depends upon the society in which it is performed. E. None of the above
Should rehabilitation be a consideration in death row inmates who ask for their
sentences to be reduced to life in prison?
What will be an ideal response?