The doctrine of laissez-faire capitalism assumes that economic actors will always behave in a rational, self-interested manner

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.


True

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In an a priori analogy, the analogue must exist or must have existed

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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When investigators sent equally qualified young white and black men—all of them articulate and conventionally

dressed—to apply for entry-level jobs in Chicago and Washington, D.C., the results clearly showed

a. sexual discrimination against young African-American men. b. racial discrimination against young African-American men. c. sexual discrimination against young white men. d. racial discrimination against young white men.

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Identify any fallacies in the following passage.First poll watcher: "The decision in Gore v. Bush in 2000 was that George W. Bush won the election in Florida."Second poll watcher: "But the question is whether that was a correct decision, given all the problems of voting in Florida."First poll watcher: "Like I said, the decision went for Bush, so that's your answer."

What will be an ideal response?

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Why is teaching a child superstition as truth a terrible thing? For the same reason as was suggested by Hypatia of Alexandria, namely because the young mind accepts and believes them, and the person ________

(a) then lives by those superstitions throughout life (b) then mistrusts the authority figures who teach superstitions (c) then is guided by the authority figures who teach superstitions (d) only through paid and perhaps tragedy can be relieved of them years later (e) only through joy and perhaps great effort can pass them on to future generations

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