If public opinion polls show that same-sex marriage is opposed by 70% of people born prior to 1950, but supported by 70% of people born since 1980, then we have good reason to believe that same-sex marriage is morally desirable
What will be an ideal response?
ANS: F
All by itself, public opinion does not demonstrate anything about what is morally right or morally wrong. In order for this statistic to have any moral significance, we would need to know something about the reasons that are driving the change in public opinion.
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Determine whether the following passage is (or contains) an argument.Some of these guys who do Elvis Presley imitations actually pay more for their outfits than Elvis paid for his! Anybody who would spend thousands just so he can spend a few minutes not fooling anybody into thinking he's Elvis is nuts.
What will be an ideal response?
A valid deductive argument that contains only true premises.
A. cogent B. sound C. uncogent D. unsound E. none of these
In sound arguments, the premises are all
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.