Identify any fallacies in the following passage either by naming them or, where they seem not to conform to any of the patterns described in the text, by giving a brief explanation of why the fallacious reasoning is irrelevant to the point at issue."I certainly don't think much of the totalitarian form of government. A so-called free election with only one candidate is not free at all.""Oh, I don't know. I don't think it's all that bad.""Why not?""Just look at our elections. Sure, we have more than one person running, but the candidates are all alike. They might just as well be one person, for all the difference there is among them."
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
Straw man.
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What does Mill regard as the strong argument against public interference with
individual liberty?
a. It is wrong anytime, anywhere for anyone to interfere with the liberty of another. b. Let each by guided by his own conscience, in thought and deed, for each will have to answer for his own actions and inactions. c. When the public interferes, the odds are that it interferes wrongly and in the wrong place. d. The public need not interfere because the individual will always choose the course of action that he deems most worthy.
Evaluate the following generalization(s), identifying sample, population, attribute of interest, and the extent to which the claims involved are knowable. Consider carefully the size and diversification of the sample and the extent to which the population differs or may differ from the sample; remember, what's important is that the sample be representative.According to a study published by Dr. William P. Newman III of Louisiana State University Medical Center in the New England Journal of Medicine, physicians in Bogalusa, Louisiana, conducted autopsies on thirty-five youngsters ranging in age from seven to twenty-four (the average age was eighteen) who had died mostly from accidents, homicides, or suicides. They found that all but six of the young people had fatty streaks on their
aortas, the body's main artery. Fatty streaks are the earliest gross recognizable lesions of atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), according to Newman. Since there was a direct link between the number of fatty streaks and the cholesterol levels in the young people, Newman recommended that all schoolchildren be checked for high cholesterol levels. What will be an ideal response?
Government has the right to control the content of information, to protect the
public safety.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.Harman speaks of "moral absolutism" as the view that
a. all values are given by God. b. all genuine values are absolute values that can never be overridden. c. there exist values that everyone has sufficient reason to favor. d. there is only one basic value principle, from which all other values and ethical rules can be derived. e. all the world is making slow but steady progress toward the best possible end result.