What are some of the risks associated with ideological reasoning?

What will be an ideal response


Governmentally and culturally enforced political correctness, intolerance, refusal to listen to alternative perspectives, family and communal strife, discrimination against non-believers, abuse, slavery, war, and genocide-to name a few.

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The author of Isis Unveiled and The Secret Doctrine is

A. Helena Blavatsky. B. Henry Steel Olcott. C. Charles Leadbeater. D. Shoghi Effendi.

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One result of the end of the feudal system was

a. great Chinese philosophy-religions were born. b. great wars, lasting centuries, broke out. c. the Han dynasty took charge. d. serfs lost even more power.

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

1. Plato was the first philosopher to offer the tripartite analysis of knowledge. 2. Edmund Gettier is famous for his counterexamples to the tripartite definition of knowledge. 3. According to the tripartite analysis, the three elements constituting knowledge are truth, belief, and a reliable belief-forming mechanism. 4. The tripartite analysis assumes internalism. 5. The defeasibility criterion attempts to add a fourth condition for knowledge to the traditional three conditions.

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Felicia Robinson struggles to run an honest election campaign. If her campaign consultants advise her to leak allegations about her opponent that are not yet substantiated, should Felicia follow this advice?

a. No, because the media will probably leak the allegations anyway. b. Yes, because tentative findings are the same as firm results. c. No, because the allegations against her opponent may be proved false. d. Yes, because the public has a right to know.

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