Use a counterexample to show that the following argument is invalid. (Remember, it is usually best to use terms—or statements—whose interrelations are well known.) "All zoologists are natural scientists. No historians are zoologists. So, no historians are natural scientists."
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All dogs are animals. No cats are dogs. So, no cats are animals.
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Choose the statement that is a true reflection of moral beliefs
A) Conscience is a perfectly reliable guide for moral behavior. B) Morality in the broad sense is the set of moral rules you obey. C) Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility. D) Rules of etiquette are usually moral assertions.
In the following, discuss whether Marina is treating relevantly similar cases in sufficiently similar fashions; identify instances in which the cases are not relevantly similar.Marina leaves large tips at a posh restaurant, where meals are quite expensive, but she leaves much smaller tips at another, much plainer and less expensive restaurant, even though the service is as good and the waiters work just as hard.
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Which of the following statements is true of the term Islamist?
A) ?The term Islamist originated in the Middle Ages and now hardly used. B) ?It is a term used for those who espouse violence in the name of Islam. C) ?It is a term used to refer to conservative Muslims. D) ?The term Islamist covers a very large proportion of Muslims.
In a traditional Zoroastrian funeral ritual at a tower of silence, the bones of a dead person are swept into a large stone box in the central well in the tower to:
a. guard them until they are buried in the earth. b. preserve them reverently until the resurrection. c. preserve them for feeding later to the "four-eyed" dog. d. protect them until they are offered to the sacred fire in the fire temple.