Suppose a ninety-year-old man is dying of cancer and is in excruciating pain that no medicine can relieve. He asks to be given a lethal injection. According to the doctrine of double effect, giving the injection is not morally permissible.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
true
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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.
Truths of fact are justified by appeal to:
A. the laws of logic. B. the law of contradiction. C. clear and distinct perceptions. D. the Principle of Sufficient Reason. E. the Law of the Excluded Middle.
___________ think logic and mathematics are autonomous from God.... ______ are often polytheists like the founder of mormonism, joseph smith.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Identify which fallacy has been committed. Insurance Advertisement: Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there
a. Abusive Ad Hominem b. Amphibole c. Fallacy of Division d. Fallacy of Composition e. Weasel Words f. Euphemism g. Puffery