A placebo is a substance that has no significant therapeutic effect.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
True
Placebos are often given as a way of creating a control group due to the existence of "the placebo effect," the positive influence that comes simply from the expectation that a medication or treatment will be effective. In order to rule out the possibility that an experimental treatment is effective due only to the placebo effect, the control group will take a placebo and their results will be compared to the results of the experimental group.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
Which of the following conditions is necessary for whistle-blowing to be morally obligatory?
A. The employee has exhausted the internal procedures and possibilities within the firm, maybe even to the board of directors. B. The employee has good reason to believe that by going public, the necessary changes will be brought about. C. The firm will do serious and considerable harm to employees or to the public. D. The employee has reported the serious threat to his/her immediate supervisor.
Would you approve of media censorship under certain circumstances?
What will be an ideal response?
Leviathan was written by ____________________
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).