Reid's Brave Office and Senile General thought experiment shows that Locke's theory of personal identity violates the principle of ________.

A. parsimony
B. relativity
C. transitivity
D. excluded middle
E. uncertainty


Answer: C

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Bentham argued that "each counts as one and none more"

indicate whethet this statement is true or false

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Religious violence includes indirect means such as inducing famine

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to Thomas Aquinas's hierarchy of laws, the law that is least binding on humanity is ________.

A. human law B. natural law C. divine law D. eternal law

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