To equivocate is to:

a. attack your opponent
b. allow an argument to turn on different meanings of the same word
c. lie
d. assume what you want to prove


b.

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A) to accept the agnostic rules for truth-seeking. B) to risk loss of truth rather than chance of error. C) to keep his "willing nature out of the game." D) to reject the agnostic rules for truth-seeking.

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What is Camenisch's view about the purpose of business in relation to (a) profitmaking and (b) the provision of goods and services?

(A) There is no definitive, fundamental element of business. Whether profit-making or the provision of goods and services is the essential element depends on the owner (B) The definitive element of business in the provision of goods and services while the profitmaking aspect merely reveals its "distinctive internal dynamic." (C) Both elements are equally fundamental—neither of them can be given priority over the distinctive function other in understanding business and business ethics. (D)The definitive element of business is the profit-making aspect while the provision of goods and services merely reveals its "distinctive internal dynamic."

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This type of Christianity appeals to Americans who live in complex and often alienating environments

a. Pentecostalism b. Mormonism c. Evangelicalism d. Methodism

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Muslims believe that Jesus prophesied the coming of Muhammad

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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