When asked to define the essentials of strong government, Confucius stated that the only true essential is that

a. people have faith in their rulers.
b. rulers have the favor of the gods.
c. rulers are descended from the gods.
d. rulers' lineage is derived from a holy ancestry.


a

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A) Red Herring B) Appeal to Distraction C) Straw Man D) Appeal to Emotion

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For someone in the Kantian tradition, to be moral is the same as being which of the following?

A. emotional B. free C. obedient D. rational

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Almost every word in the dictionary has more than one meaning. Why then do we not become confused constantly by this ambiguity? The multiple meanings of most of the words we use do not confuse us because ________

(a) we never know what a person means anyway (b) we use context and purpose to pick out the speaker's meaning (c) we use vagueness to negotiate interests (d) we go online to find out what a word means

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Mathematical systems contain:

a. inductive inferences b. axioms c. observations d. none of these are correct

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