Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage."Nobody knows more about a person than his mother. So when Ralph's mother claims he's innocent, I'm betting he is."
What will be an ideal response?
Mistaken appeal to authority.
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Socrates taught that one becomes virtuous by
a. following the conventions of society. b. obtaining knowledge of what is truly good. c. imitating the actions of moral people. d. believing in God and seeking one’s reward in the afterlife.
Put this statement into standard form: Steve buys nothing but the best for his kids.
What will be an ideal response?
Reconstruct the following as a standard-form syllogism; then, determine whether it is valid using either a Venn diagram or the rules of the syllogism.All legislatures are more influenced by the legal profession than by any other, but it is legislatures that make the rules by which the legal profession operates. So, the result is that the bodies that make the rules for the lawyers' profession are bodies most influenced by that very profession.
What will be an ideal response?
What do abortion opponents who believe that a human embryo is a person believe about
human cloning for scientific research?
a. It is moral, as scientific research outweighs the rights of the embryo. b. It is moral, as embryos do not have the same rights as newborn infants. c. It is immoral, as all scientific experimentation involving persons is immoral. d. It is immoral, as a human life is being destroyed.