Throughout this test, write your answer on the form provided. Erasure marks may cause the grading machine to mark your answer wrong. INSTRUCTIONS: The following selections relate to distinguishing arguments from nonarguments and identifying conclusions. Select the best answer for each. In general, whoever produces or distributes child pornography is subject to prosecution. But that rule is not
absolute. For example, in 2002 the Supreme Court ruled that computer generated child porn is protected under the First Amendment. The Court reasoned that such pornography was permissible because no real children are exploited.
A) Argument; conclusion: In general, whoever produces ... subject to prosecution.
B) Nonargument.
C) Argument; conclusion: That rule is not absolute.
D) Argument; conclusion: The Court reasoned ... no real children are exploited.
E) Argument; conclusion: In 2002 the Supreme Court ... First Amendment.
C
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A. Assumptions B. Biases C. Stereotypes D. None of the answers are correct
Parfit's Reformed Nobelist thought experiment suggests that numerical identity is neither necessary nor sufficient for moral responsibility.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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A. invalid deductive argument B. weak inductive argument C. strong inductive argument D. valid deductive argument
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a. race, ethnicity or culture do not matter to morality. b. race, ethnicity or culture are central to identity and hence to morality. c. race, ethnicity or culture make a difference to morality only when the group has been subject to discrimination. d. None of the above.