What, for Mill, was the principle cause of an inability to be happy for extended periods of time?
A) Socialism
B) Lack of mental stimulation
C) Selfishness
D) Lack of mental cultivation
D
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Suppose I learn from an excellent source the true statistical fact that teenage drivers are more likely to be killed in car accidents than other people. For this reason, the next time I hear about a death in a car accident, I think it was probably a teenager who was killed. Which sentence best characterizes this inference?
A. My conclusion that the accident probably involved a teenager is a loose generalization B. The nference is well-supported because I am thinking proportionally by comparing the proportion of teenage drivers who are likely to be killed in car accidents with the proportion of other people who are. C. It's a well-supported statistical instantiation. D. I'm falling prey to the representativeness heuristic.
Casuistry uses those previous clear cases to decide what is ethical in a new situation. It requires us to decide whether the previous paradigm case was similar enough to our current situation, then we make the decision how to make the decision
a. True b. False
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.From a letter to the editor: "The secretary of defense claims we cannot cut defense spending by so much as a jot. Right. What the generals want, the generals get. What the secretary is, is just another lawyer. It's not what's right that matters, it's what you can get. No wonder his relations with Congress are so poor."
What will be an ideal response?
Jain monasticism has split into ________ branches.
A. three B. two C. five D. four