The numinous is associated in meaning with:
a. numbers and the harmonies of mathematics
b. the numbing associated with losing sensation
c. the holy
d. none of the above
c.
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Which of the following behaviors can be used as a communicative signal?
a. Eye gaze b. Reaching c. Head-turning d. All of the above
Hume states that "our causal conclusions are based on ____, rather than on deep rational insight."
A. Custom B. Habit C. Both A and B D. None of the Above
The 1995 Maternal and Infant Health Care Law is a Chinese law that bans marriages between couples "with certain genetic diseases of a serious nature" unless they agree to sterilization or long-term contraception. The law also requires doctors to "advise" parents to abort if an abnormality is detected in the fetus. The state justifies this law as a measure to "shed some of the economic burden" of caring for disabled people. This justification is based on which metaethical theory?
A. Kantian deontology B. care ethics C. utilitarianism D. Buddhist ethics
Which of the following best describes McKibben's view? a. If we don't change our conduct, our grandchildren will suffer. b. We have already done irreparable damage to the planet; however, it's nottoo late to mediate the effects of global warming
c. The damage we have done is irreparable; and there is nothing we can donow. d. It is too late and nothing significant enough can be done to stop globalwarming.