Marx is only one author who claimed that

a. Religion is necessary for ethics
b. Religion is not necessary for ethics
c. Religion is the opiate of the people
d. Religion represents the highest possibility of human achievement


c. Religion is the opiate of the people

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This contemporary of Luther was influenced by his writings and led the reform movement in Switzerland

a. John Calvin b. Ulrich Zwingli c. Thomas Cranmer d. John Wycliffe

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each argument. Libertarians are insensitive to the plight of the poor. We know this is so because they want to abolish the minimum wage. And we know they want to do this because they want to eliminate all restrictions on hiring the poor. And of course this is true because Libertarians are insensitive to the plight of the poor

A) No fallacy. B) Composition. C) Begging the question. D) Appeal to pity. E) Slippery slope.

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The term "figure of a syllogism" refers to

a. the arrangement of the subject and predicate terms in the premisses. b. whether the conclusion is negative or affirmative. c. whether the conclusion is a universal or an existential generalization. d. None of these choices.

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Socrates was brought to trial on the charges of

a. failing to support his family and pay his taxes. b. being a pacifist and refusing to go to war. c. being an atheist and an ethical relativist. d. religious heresy and corrupting the youth.

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