Moral arguments can contain descriptive premises.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
A moral argument is an argument that contains a prescriptive premise. In other words, it contains a premise that makes a moral claim. But while a moral argument must contain a prescriptive premise, it may also contain one or more descriptive premises. The following is an example of a moral argument containing both descriptive and prescriptive premises: "You shouldn't kick dogs for the fun of it. Fido is a dog. Therefore, you shouldn't kick Fido for the fun of it."
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INSTRUCTIONS: The following problems relate to identifying and evaluating inductive and deductive arguments. Select the best answer for each. Either Michelle Pfeiffer or Martha Stewart is a popular film star. But Michele Pfeiffer is not a film star at all. Therefore, Martha Stewart is a popular film star
A) Deductive, valid. B) Inductive, weak. C) Deductive, cogent. D) Deductive, invalid. E) Inductive, strong.
The following passage contains an argument that commits at least one informal fallacy. Name the type of fallacy committed and explain why the passage is an example of that type. Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and pursuit, is thought to aim at some good; and for this reason the good has rightly been declared to be that at which all things aim. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Bk. I Ch. 1)
What will be an ideal response?
The term "Eucharist," a title for the Lord's Supper, is based on the NT word which has what meaning?
a. thanksgiving b. sending (into the world) c. transubstantiation d. sacrifice
INSTRUCTIONS: Select the correct answer for the following multiple choice questions. Which of the following are all deductive arguments?
A) Hypothetical syllogisms, disjunctive syllogisms, arguments based on mathematics. B) Generalizations, predictions, causal inferences. C) Arguments from authority, disjunctive syllogisms, predictions. D) Arguments from authority, generalizations, Arguments from analogy. E) Arguments based on signs, causal inferences, arguments in science.