"Breaking the law is wrong" is
A) a normative general sentence. B) a non-normative general sentence. C) a sentence that merely describes the facts.
A
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Suppose that a survey is taken of the adult residents of a town, and one of the questions asked is whether the person responding graduated from high school. Can the responses to this question be trusted?
A) Yes, because the question is very straightforward. B) No, because the number of 'yes' answers would probably be skewed upward. C) Yes, because the respondents are adults. D) No, because the number of 'yes' answers would probably be skewed downward. E) No, because most of the respondents would refuse to answer this question.
Clashes between fundamentalist and modern Muslims are an example of problems relating to __________
a. intolerance b. isolation c. orthodoxy d. religious debate
For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim.Karen and Gina were roommates for about five months, and, as far as Gina knew, they had planned to room together until the end of the school year. But when Gina returned from a weekend at her parents', Karen had moved out. Since she couldn't find a new roommate on such short notice, Gina asked Karen to pay half of the next month's rent, but Karen answered that she didn't owe the rent since she wasn't living there anymore. I think Karen should pay at least half of one
month's rent, since Gina was led to believe Karen was going to be living there and paying half. What will be an ideal response?
Ethics is the discipline that examines one's moral standards, or the moral standards of a society
a. True b. False