For the following issue, discuss which source you'd trust more, and give at least one reason why. You may want to add to or otherwise modify our list of sources. And do keep in mind that we are glad our livelihoods do not depend on a general consensus on our rankings.Issue: Whether it's possible for a person to have an "out of body" experience.a. a psychicb. a physicistc. a person who claims to have had such an experienced. a physiciane. a philosopherf. a magiciang. a psychologist

What will be an ideal response?


Our ranking: (e), then everybody else. None of the other sources has had experience or training in what is possible. Were we evaluating the question of whether a given individual had actually had such an experience, we'd have required a different ranking.

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Immanuel Kant's argument about moral rights supports the employee's right to give or withhold their consent before the private aspects of their lives are investigated

a. True b. False

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INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and an operation/relation to be performed on that statement. You must identify the new statement and the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. Some non-A are B. (F) Contradiction

A) No non-A are B. (T) B) All non-A are not B. (F) C) Some non-B are A. (Und.) D) Some non-A are not B. (F) E) No A are non-B. (F)

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The main mosque in Mecca is sometimes called the “Sacred Temple.”

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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After Jesus' resurrection, the stories say he was only seen as a spirit -- never in an actual, physical

body.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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