Consider this argument: "Self-determination is not really freedom because whether the cause of an action comes from within the self or outside of it makes no difference. The elements that make up the self are determined by a long history of evolution and are inherited from the past." This argument presupposes that
A) the self does not exist.
B) the self is not distinct from the parts that make it up.
C) the self is distinct from the parts that make it up.
D) self-determination does not mean determination by any fragment of the self's nature but by the self itself.
B
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a. fallacy of affirming the antecedent b. fallacy of unbelievable middle c. disjunctive syllogism d. modus tollens
Who was not one of the British Empiricists?
a. Berkeley b. Aristotle c. Locke d. Hume
Both Aristotle and Thomas Aquinas fall within the natural law tradition
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
According to the Hebrew Bible, after a series of disastrous dealings with humanity, God choose to communicate exclusively with
a. Adam and Eve. b. the descendants of Abraham and Sarah. c. the kings of Israel. d. Moses.