The quality of a discussion often depends on how closely the parties attend to the same issue. For the passage below, determine whether the speakers are clearly disputing the same issue, or whether somebody is missing the point.A: Experimentation on animals? Horrid, awful, immoral! No argument would justify experimenting on animals that wouldn't also justify experimenting on humans.B: You're overlooking all the medical advances that have resulted from experimenting on animals.
What will be an ideal response?
B is giving an argument for medical experimentation, but is not responding to A's request for a justification for experimenting on animals that wouldn't automatically be a justification for experimenting on people.
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A) Some A are not B. (T) B) No A are non-B. (Und.) C) No A are non-B. (T) D) No non-B are A. (F) E) No A are B. (Und.)
The following dispute: Judy: Whatever you do, never move to Chicago. It's extremely cold there in the winter. Clyde: You call that cold? Compared with Barrow, Alaska, Chicago is positively balmy in the winter. is best described as:
A) Geographical. B) Verbal arising from ambiguity. C) Friendly. D) Factual. E) Verbal arising from vagueness.
This ritual, performed by the native peoples of the Great Plains, requires self-torment or sacrifice
a. Rain Dance b. Sun Dance c. Snow Dance d. Spring Harvest Dance
_____________refers to the consumption of finite or scarce resources
a. Resource depletion b. Pollution c. Degradation d. Contamination