Evaluate the following analogical argument:The thing that worries me is that we're going to get bogged down in Iraq just as we got bogged down in Vietnam. The situations are exactly the same: It's us against a poor nation that is determined to win and doesn't play by the rules our military thinkers understand.

What will be an ideal response?


Weak argument. The situations certainly aren't exactly the same.

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a. True b. False

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Contemporary virtue ethicists trace their ideas back to:

A. Bentham. B. Hume. C. Kant. D. Aristotle. E. feminist ethical theorists.

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For Kant, a morally permissible action is

A. morally praiseworthy B. morally neutral C. morally wrong D. none of the above

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Are there conditions in which your own observations may not be totally reliable? Explain in a brief essay.

What will be an ideal response?

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