Part of the value of philosophy, according to Russell, is breaking out of the confines of one’s own cares.

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)


Answer: True

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Which of the following accurately reflects the concept of Marxism?

a. It is only within a capitalist economic system that workers are not alienated from the products of their labor. b. Only workers who are poorly paid for their labor are alienated. c. Within a capitalist economic system, the activity of labor is an end in itself and, as a result, has intrinsic value. d. Labor is alienated in a capitalist economic system (in part) because the labor of a worker stands opposed to the worker as an autonomous power.

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Criticize the following claim based on the material from Chapter 3 of the text."Bruce Sutter has been around for a while and he's pretty old. He's thirty five years old. That will give you some idea of how old he is."-Ron Fairly, San Francisco Giants broadcaster (quoted in Ross and Petras, The 776 Stupidest Things Ever Said)

What will be an ideal response?

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In "Surely Moby Dick has technical words, since almost all novels have such words" the missing premise is

A) Moby Dick is a technical book. B) Moby Dick is full of technical words about seafaring. C) Moby Dick is a novel.

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Who coined the Three Laws of Robotics?

a. John Conner c. Fiorella Operto b. Isaac Asimov d. Abbe Mowshowitz

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