The philosophical view that human beings act only out of self-interest is called
a. natural selection
b. psychological egoism
c. altruism
d. existentialism
ANSWER: b
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A) Singing a song of lament B) Rewarding his killer C) Sponsoring a coronation celebration for himself D) Launching a revenge attack on the Philistines E) Killing all of Saul's relatives
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. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. Some non-A are B. (F) Some non-B are A
A) Conversion. (F) B) Obversion. (F) C) Conversion. (T) D) Contraposition. (F) E) Contraposition. (Und.)
Christianity teaches that
a. only people born Christians can be saved. b. it is unacceptable to tithe. c. those who believe in Christ will be resurrected from death. d. Jews and Muslims should not be converted to Christianity
Is the following argument deductive, inductive, or fallacious? Efforts to ban DDT will result in the continued spread of malaria. By 1970, malaria was nearly under control. However, because of the banning of DDT, which led to insecticide resistance in mosquitoes and the failure of countries to adopt malaria control programs, the disease now kills more people than ever before
a. inductive b. fallacious c. deductive