For the following, try to come up with an additional premise that will turn the passage into a deductively valid or an inductively strong argument. Usually this requires adding a general moral principle and, sometimes, an extra nonmoral claim as well. The idea is to guarantee that the "ought" claim follows from the "is" claim.John has done something terribly wrong. He copied all of the equations on the take-home exam from Tony's paper and turned them in as his own.

What will be an ideal response?


A person ought not to claim credit for the work of others.

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indicate whether this statement is true or false

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Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."The problem isn't really with banning assault weapons; heck, I personally think it's stupid to want to own an assault weapon. The problem is that, once the government realizes that an assault weapons ban is not resulting in fewer gunshot victims, it will turn to semi-automatic weapons and require registration of them. But, of course, that won't reduce the number of victims either. We might finally get to a point where there are no more gunshot victims, but it'll only be after all guns have been banned and the ones out there now have all turned

to rust." What will be an ideal response?

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There are five different souls in every being

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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The ideal theory of economic justice, according to _______, would go something like this; if someone acquires her goods justly, that is, by initially acquiring them fairly

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

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