What makes an action right, according to Mill?
a. It is done in accordance with duty
b. It is chosen freely
c. It is chosen by a good will
d. It tends to promote happiness
d
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"After the recent earthquake in Chile, Mark read a newspaper title saying "Chile seeks recovery through wine." He concluded that Chileans might be at risk of alcohol abuse" commits the fallacy of
A) slippery slope B) equivocation C) amphiboly D) composition E) division
According to libertarians, the government is justified in taxing its citizens only if those taxes are used for
A. improving the social conditions of others. B. promoting trade and private business. C. protecting individual rights. D. supporting education and health care.
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. Some toxic waste dumps are environmental hazards. Therefore, all toxic waste dumps are environmental hazards
A) Valid. B) Invalid, illicit subalternation. C) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. D) Invalid, existential fallacy. E) Invalid, illicit contrary.
INSTRUCTIONS: Use an ordinary truth table to answer the following problems. Construct the truth table as per the instructions in the textbook. Given the statement: (K ? ? S) • ? (S ? ? K) This statement is:
A) Self-contradictory. B) Contingent. C) Inconsistent. D) Valid. E) Tautologous.