Identify the main issue in the following passage. If two or more issues are present, indicate how they are related-that is, does the settlement of one depend upon the settlement of the other?Three-strikes laws work. Once they take effect, prisoners begin asking for copies of the law, parolees from other states stay away, and first- and second-time offenders leave the state.

What will be an ideal response?


Issue: whether three-strikes laws work.

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According to Lengbeyer, the ethical pluralist conceives of ethical judgments as being most like __________

a. mathematical judgments b. scientific judgments c. judgments about teaching excellence d. preferences for certain foods

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The phrase "50-50 nation" referred to individuals who were above and below the poverty line. 2. Psychologists claim that a child must develop a sense of values by the age of 7 in order to become an adult with a conscience. 3. The study of a moral center in the brain claims that mapping of the moral center can reveal whether one moral answer is better than another. 4. The study of ethics is an exclusively Western phenomenon. 5. According to the experiments of Milgram, Zimbardo, and Arendt, normal and decent people are capable of committing evil acts such as murdering innocents under extreme and unusual circumstances.

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According to your text, philosophy is a practice of

a. giving reasons in support of one’s beliefs and actions. b. collecting different opinions on weird questions. c. finding an alternative to religious belief. d. finding beliefs that are emotionally appealing.

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In his ethical theory, Locke never mentions the notion of divine law

Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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