According to Jeremy Bentham, the question is not whether animals can feel pain, but whether they can talk and

reason.



a. True
b. False


False

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A. influencing the world B. making works of art C. giving things to others D. providing entertainment

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Which ancient schools of thought saw the philosopher as a compassionate physician?

A) Epicurean and Platonic B) Epicurean and Stoic C) Stoic and Platonic D) Platonic and Aristotelian

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Imagine two twins. One gets onto a space ship and travels close to the speed of light for what the ship's clocks record as a few months. The other twin remains on earth. When the space ship returns, there will be no difference in their ages

A. True B. False

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Which of the following arguments commits the fallacy of appeal to ignorance?

A. an argument that contains a grammatical error, which allows more than one conclusion to be drawn B. an argument that claims we should not believe something because the person making the argument is not an authority in that field C. an argument that some claim must be false because no one can prove that it is true D. an argument in which one of the key terms in it changes meaning during its course

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