Leibniz referred to the rules of arithmetic, the geometrical axioms, and the rules of logic as examples of what he called

What will be an ideal response?


necessary truths.

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Upon his enlightenment, Buddha is recorded as saying ____________

a. "I have arrived" b. "I have awakened" c. "This is the path" d. "I am Buddha"

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Part of what Thomson's Transplant Problem thought experiment shows is

A. transplants are immoral. B. that in life-and-death situations, murder is always an acceptable option. C. the stark difference between a utilitarian and a nonutilitarian solution to the transplant problem. D. that taking one life to save others is always morally permissible.

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For the purpose of analyzing the reasons people give for the claims they are making, we use the term argument making to refer to engaging in a verbal confrontation or quarrel

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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According to the philosopher Joel Feinberg,

a. future generations of people have a right to be born. b. future generations have no moral rights. c. we have no duties to future generations. d. the rights of future generations are contingent upon those people coming into existence.

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