Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Jeremy died shortly after the chemotherapy treatments; I'm convinced it was the chemo that killed him."

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Post hoc.

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Your widowed and ailing father needs someone to look after him. Although he can afford to hire in-home care, he would prefer to have you, his only child, do it. However, you would rather live in your university's dorms. If you live at home, you would have to commute almost an hour to college and miss out on much of campus life. You turn to Confucius for advice. He would most likely advise you to:

A. say no to your father's demands. It is time for you to become independent and autonomous. B. call Dr. Jack Kevorkian. C. live at home with your father and commute to school. D. calculate the utility of living at home against the utility of living on campus.

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Polsby asks, which is true: that guns increase crime or that fear of crime causes

people to purchase guns?

a. True b. False

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A good definition of ethics is that it

a. is the same thing as morality. b. Applies only to the theories of utilitarianism and deontology. c. Is a conscious reflection on our moral beliefs. d. All of the above

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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best translation for each categorical proposition. She sings whenever she is happy

A) All times she sings are times she is happy. B) Some times she is happy are times she sings. C) All times she is happy are times she sings. D) All times she is not happy are times she does not sing. E) All times she is happy she sings.

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