According to the text, how should moral philosophy begin?
a. From a set of moral principles that cannot be doubted
b. From a set of moral rules that is clear enough so as to not require interpretation
c. From a set of plausible ethical claims that is subject to revision
d. None of the above
c. From a set of plausible ethical claims that is subject to revision
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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
Convergent evidence indicates that nonhuman animals do not have the neuroanatomical, neurochemical, and neurophysiological substrates of conscious states.
Suppose a premise of a valid deductive argument were false. What can you conclude about the conclusion of this argument?
A. The conclusion is false. B. The conclusion is true. C. The conclusion is valid. D. None of these answers is correct.
The set "When ordinary daylight is refracted through a glass prism it is broken into all the colors of the rainbow. White light is composed of all the colors of the spectrum, from red to yellow, to green, to blue" is
A) inconsistent, made out of contradictory beliefs B) inconsistent, contains at least one necessarily false belief C) consistent
The cost of home computers has dropped. The cost of laptops has also dropped. Come to think of it, production costs of computer chips are also at their all-time low
a. Argument b. Not an argument because there are no claims or only one claim. c. Not an argument because none of the claims offer a reason for the other. d. Not an argument because the reasons explain rather than prove the other claims.