In contexts when arguments are accompanied by background information (information that is not part of either the premisses or the conclusion), the point of that information may be
a. to add humor.
b. to indicated whether the conclusion is desirable or undesirable.
c. to comment on the quality of the evidence.
d. All of these choices.
d
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Affirmative action programs call for positive steps designed to eliminate the effects of past discrimination. Such programs are now legally required of all firms holding government contracts
a. True b. False
According to act utilitarianism, an action is morally right if and only if
a. it makes the person who does it happy. b. everyone prefers that action to any other action. c. it maximizes total, net happiness. d. it brings only happiness and causes no pain.
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
A tautology is a statement that is necessarily false—that is, it is false regardless of the truth values assigned to the atomic statements that compose it.