Confucius's concept of "the attunement of names" implies that using euphemisms like "collateral damage" is an attempt to avoid moral responsibility for the consequences of our actions

Indicate whether the statement is true or false


True

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The role of John the Baptist in the Gospel of John is

A. that of a witness who recognizes Jesus as the "Lamb of God." B. the revered figure who baptizes Jesus, thus beginning his ministry. C. that of a prophet who predicts Jesus' ministry. D. an Elijah figure.

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Euodia and Syntyche were

A. a husband and wife evangelical team. B. two active opponents of Paul. C. two estranged women with whom Paul urged reconciliation. D. Paul's jailers.

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James Patterson and Peter Kim, researchers for the J. Walter Thompson advertising

agency, recently reported their findings that 60 percent of all Americans say they have been victims of a major crime. Their study consisted of a survey of 2,000 people randomly selected from 50 different locations around the country. Of that survey 60 percent reported being victims of a major crime.

What will be an ideal response?

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After Bill helped the elderly gentleman with his bags, he wondered if he wasn't simply being selfish, since he felt good afterwards about what he did. Psychological egoism would be true of Bill's actions only if

A) Bill had the desire to help only because helping made Bill feel good. B) Bill felt good after helping. C) by not acting Bill's conscience would have bothered him later. D) Bill acted out of his own desire to help.

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