"It rains a lot in San Diego during summers. I know because I spent two weekends in San Diego last summer, and that time it rained like cats and dogs." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of inconsistency
B. The weak analogy fallacy
C. The slippery-slope fallacy
D. The fallacy of hasty generalization
E. None of the answers are correct
Answer: D
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legal right to be in a country:
a. should receive health benefits in that country only if they pay full price for them b. should have unrestricted rights to health benefits in that country c. should have limited rights to health benefits in that country d. should have no rights to health benefits in that country
Ewing's Prudent Diplomat thought experiment is intended to show that
A. lying or killing an innocent person is always wrong. B. lying or killing an innocent person is always evil, but it is not always wrong. C. all evil acts are wrong. D. an evil act cannot also be right.
The Epicureans and the Stoics both taught
a. ethical hedonism. b. materialistic monism. c. skepticism. d. a teleological view of the universe.
According to Moore, in order to know what good conduct is:
a. we need to know what conduct is. b. we need to know what good is. c. we need to observe many examples. d. "we need to know what conduct is" and "we need to know what good is." e. "we need to know what conduct is" and "we need to observe manyexamples."