An argument is deductively ______________ if its conclusion follows with certainty from the premises and all the premises are actually true.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


Ans: sound

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What will be an ideal response?

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The ritual of eating bread and drinking wine is called the ________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Act and rule utilitarianism both say that when you do something you should maximize happiness and minimize unhappiness for all those affected. 2. In the Primary Readings section, Bentham declares the interest of the community to be of less importance than the interest of the individual. 3. In the Primary Readings section, Mill claims that happiness is the same as contentment. 4. In the Primary Readings section, Mill insists that next to selfishness, the principal cause that makes life unsatisfactory is want of mental cultivation. 5. Singer's main point about "Ashley" is that her surgery would benefit her and her family.

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Noted feminist Simone de Beauvoir was associated with the philosophical tradition of

A. utilitarianism. B. existentialism. C. Platonism. D. Kantian deontology.

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