Unlike fatalists who claim that certain events must happen no matter what, hard determinists claim that an event could have been different if its causes had been different.

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


True

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Durkheim was interested in the ways in which religion created and maintained __________

a. illusion b. introspection c. cohesive communities d. desires

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Soft determinism is the only acceptable theory because it shows that freedom is impossible

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The problem of "no intrinsic wrongness" that utilitarianism faces refers to the fact that:

a. All actions are good for a utilitarianism. b. Actions can't be evaluated as good or bad, only our motivations can. c. Because the theory can only evaluate the rightness of an action on its outcome, it cannot tell us that somethings are always immoral. d. All of the above. e. None of the above.

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The following passage contains an argument that commits at least one informal fallacy. Name the type of fallacy committed and explain why the passage is an example of that type. Groucho Marx: Last night I shot an elephant in my pajamas. What he was doing in my pajamas I'll never know!

What will be an ideal response?

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