This person believes that the properties of good and evil exist in the world independent of the beliefs of humans and independent of the majority opinion in a culture. She also believes that there are real, moral principles that have universal objective validity, but she denies that moral principles are exceptionless. the philosophy she holds would be described as ___________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Answer: a moral objectivist or moral realist

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Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. Cancer is apt to develop in individuals who exhibit an immunodeficiency. For Example, people with AIDS develop a

cancer of the blood vessels called Kaposi's sarcoma. Transplant patients who are on immunosuppressive drugs are more apt to develop lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma. Persons who inherit an immunodeficiency are also more apt to develop these cancers. Sylvia S. Mader, Human Biology, 4th ed. A) Argument; conclusion: Persons who inherit an immunodeficiency ... cancers. B) Argument; conclusion: Transplant patients ... lymphomas and Kaposi's sarcoma. C) Argument; conclusion: People with AIDS ... Kaposi's sarcoma. D) Nonargument. E) Argument; conclusion: Cancer is apt to develop ... an immunodeficiency.

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In court when a lawyer argues that a legal precedent applies, the lawyer is using what kind of reasoning to make his or her point?

(a) comparative (b) ideological (c) empirical (d) causal (e) correlational

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What is the purpose of the air conditioner control panel?

What will be an ideal response?

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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue.I am absolutely sick of hearing about those L.A. police officers who committed all those crimes. It's time for the press to lay off and give law enforcement officers a break. There are a lot of very good police officers out there, and they aren't recognized nearly as often as they should be.

What will be an ideal response?

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