Which principle holds that cosmetic surgery is morally right only when it is required to maintain or ensure the normal functioning of the rest of the body?

a) The difference principle.
b) The principle of double effect.
c) The totality principle.
d) The principle of beneficence.


c) The totality principle.

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INSTRUCTIONS: Use indirect truth tables to answer the following problems. Given the argument: G ? (N • E) / H ? N / K ? ?E / (H • K) ? G This argument is:

A) Valid. B) Invalid. C) Uncogent. D) Cogent. E) Sound.

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If the following passage contains an argument, write a well-crafted version of it; if the passage is not an argument, classify it as a report, illustration, explanation, or single conditional statement. There is a tragic irony in the fact that American troops are not only putting their lives on the line but are also taking additional and unnecessary risks to defend some of the most undemocratic and intolerant regimes in the world. (Jerusalem Post, Jerusalem, cited in World Press Review, Feb. 1991)

What will be an ideal response?

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An example of a truth of fact would be

a. Socrates lived in Athens. b. a bachelor is unmarried. c. squares have two dimensions. d. a slow rabbit is a rabbit.

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Mortimer argues that Christian ethics asserts that __________

a. we are possessed of certain inalienable rights b. we are ends unto ourselves c. society exists for the good of its individual members d. All of the above

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