Which moral view might support the position that the costs of saving an impaired infant would outweigh the benefits of doing this, and so the infant should not be saved?

a) Kantian ethics
b) Ross's theory
c) Utilitarianism
d) Rawls's theory


c) Utilitarianism

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A) Some snakes are not friendly animals. B) No snakes are friendly animals. C) Some friendly animals are not snakes. D) Some snakes are friendly animals. E) No animals with fangs are friendly animals.

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"‘Dr. Kaplan will be called into consultations with other surgeons at least a dozen times this week, since he is the head surgeon of the hospital's heart transplant program" is which type of argument?

A) simple B) extended, with at most two conclusions C) extended, with more than two conclusions

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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Guru Nanak embraced the authority of the written word

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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