INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. It is false that no snow storms are exhilarating events. Therefore, all snow storms are exhilarating events
A) Invalid, illicit contraposition.
B) Invalid, existential fallacy.
C) Invalid, illicit contrary.
D) Invalid, illicit subcontrary.
E) Invalid, illicit subalternation.
C
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best answer for each argument. Ted argues that CEOs should be prevented from selling stock they own in their own companies for ten years. But did you hear that Ted recently broke up with his girlfriend? They carried on a torrid affair for two years, and when she got pregnant, he dumped her. Enough of that. Let's move on to something important
A) Red herring. B) Tu quoque (you, too). C) No fallacy. D) Straw man. E) Accident.
One of the most important objections to utilitarianism is that:
A. it's too simple to account for all ethical situations. B. it sometimes requires us to perform types of acts (e.g. lying) that we strongly believe are immoral. C. not everyone wants to be happy. D. it fails to define "happiness." E. None of the above
According to Marcus Aurelius in the Meditations,
a. time is like an ever-flowing river. b. In the scheme of things, it makes no difference if you die tomorrow or 50 years from now. Either way, life on this earth is an instant. c. We are all citizens of the world. d. All of the above
Classify the following: "What Lani just did from the high board is called a full gainer."
A. definition by synonym B. definition by example C. analytical definition