Which of the following controversies is used by your textbook author to illustrate the relationship between religion and politics?
a. Barack Obama as a secret Muslim
b. Bill Clinton and Whitewater
c. Sarah Palin and Jesse Jackson
d. Saddam Hussein and George Bush
A
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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.The next speaker is going to speak in favor of the idea. But she works for the gun lobby. Don't even bother listening to what she says.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Which of the following philosophical movements does your text associate with American Transcendentalism?
A) ?Existentialism B) ?Utilitarianism C) ?Romantic idealism D) ?Empiricism
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Virtue ethics is commonly opposed to ethics of character. 2. In a global overview of cultural narratives with moral dimensions, the majority of myths tend to favor virtue ethics over rigid rules of conduct. 3. In the African "Akan" cultural value system, ethics is perceived as something commanded by God. 4. From the time of the Renaissance to well into the twentieth century, questions of ethics were less a matter of doing the right thing to please God and more a matter of doing the right thing because it led to general happiness. 5. In the context of yielding better results, ethics of conduct is considered to be more fundamental than virtue ethics.
Identify the main point or issue in the following passage, and decide whether the rest of the passage offers reasons for the main point (such as, whether the passage contains an argument), whether it illustrates (provides examples for) the main point, whether it explains the point, is irrelevant to the point, and so on."With little experience in homicide cases, the Greenwich Police Department made a number of critical mistakes. One was not insisting on a speedy autopsy: because the forensic examination of Martha's body was delayed for nearly a day, the time of death is unusually imprecise. Another was the failure to get a search warrant for the Skakel home."-Newsweek
What will be an ideal response?