Consider this argument
"The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reports that there were 30,800 motor vehicle fatalities in 2012 . Of those 4,957 were motorcyclist fatalities. This means that driving or riding in a car or a truck is six times more dangerous than riding a motorcycle." That argument is an example of ________.
(a) the Gambler's Fallacy
(b) the fallacy of Playing with Numbers
(c) a fallacy of Erroneous Generalization
(d) a warranted argument
(e) a valid argument
b
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A. the fallacy of appeal to pity B. a bandwagon argument C. the fallacy of equivocation D. There is no fallacy committed in this argument
_________, the movement for women's equality, came to full bloom in the United States in the 1970s
A) The Women's Suffrage movement B) The New Thought movement C) Spirituality D) Feminism
Hobbes thinks that the Golden Rule captures the essential features of the laws of nature
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
Utilitarians are likely to be sympathetic to the argument that steps should be taken to reduce the great disparities of
income that characterize our society.
a. True b. False