Evaluate the following claim, paying particular attention to problems of clarity. Note that claims may also present problems of knowability, though we don't address knowability per se in this chapter.Of the over 100,000 aliens who married U.S. citizens last year, 40 percent did so only to bypass immigration laws.

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We're skeptical whether such a precise percentage could be known in such a matter.

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The modern movement to let the original meaning of the Qur’an be understood has in recent times:

a. fared well c. fared very well. b. fared poorly d. been taken up by most mosque leadersB

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Brock's overall conclusion concerning human reproductive cloning is that

a. there are legitimate concerns about human reproductive cloning, but the basic human right of reproductive freedom requires that there be no ban on human reproductive cloning. b. the benefits of cloning far outweigh the risks, and so it should be permitted. c. there is no legitimate case to be made for it, and human reproductive human cloning should be permanently and universally banned. d. at this point we should allow a limited number of cases of human reproductive cloning, and study those cases carefully before making cloning more widely available. e. there is currently no ethically decisive case for or against it, but we should study it further before going ahead with human reproductive cloning.

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Bertrand Russell was an analytic philosopher

indicate whether this statement is true or false

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Gasoline prices will most likely continue to rise throughout the next decade. As a result, the

US government ought to encourage drivers to move to electric vehicles, and it also need to encourage auto companies to phase out gasoline powered automobiles.

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