Which academic discipline studies the process of a religion’s beginnings, growth, diversity, decline, and so on?

a. Psychology
b. History
c. Biology
d. Archaeology


b. History
History studies the process of a religion’s beginnings, growth, diversity, decline, and so on.

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According to Marquis, his views on the wrongness of killing also entail that all

euthanasia (“mercy-killing”) is wrong as well.

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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For Singer, we have an obligation to the world’s poor to:

a. help b. not harm them c. reconsider our lifestyles

d. all of the above

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Hobbes proposes that ethical egoism leads to

A. The Golden Rule B. Cynicism C. Moral destruction D. A slippery slope on human rights

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INSTRUCTIONS: In each problem below you are given a statement, its truth value in parentheses, and an operation/relation to be performed on that statement. You must identify the new statement and the truth value of the new statement. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint and assume that 'A' and 'B' denote things that actually exist. No non-A are B. (T) Obversion

A) No B are non-A. (T) B) Some non-A are not B. (T) C) All non-A are non-B. (T) D) All A are non-B. (Und.) E) Some non-A are B. (F)

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