A utilitarian will always support the view that euthanasia is morally acceptable

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


False

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Evaluate the following analogical argument:In Great Britain, savings of between 20 and 40 percent in costs have resulted from selling government-run programs and businesses to individuals and companies in the private sector. This argues well for the administration's interest in selling such U.S. government entities as the Bonneville Power Administration, the Tennessee Valley Authority, and various parts of the postal service.

What will be an ideal response?

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Reconstruct the following as a standard-form syllogism, and determine whether it is valid.None of the southern provinces of Spain were outside the control of the Moors before the end of the fifteenth century. So all the provinces of Andalucia must have been within Moorish control, because all of them are southern provinces.

What will be an ideal response?

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The compatibilist claims that the reasons for our actions are really causes that we did not choose. 2. According to Harry Frankfurt, second-order desires are the positive or negative attitudes we have toward our first-order desires. 3. According to the compatibilist, we can be morally responsible for some of our actions even though they are determined. 4. The compatibilist believes that actions done from neurotic compulsions are voluntary as long as they were not forced on us by external causes.

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"The defendant is guilty" illustrates the:

a. correspondence test b. coherence test c. pragmatic test d. creativity test

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