Which of the following terms refers to cases in which someone ends the life of another contrary to that person's wish (i.e., the individual not only fails to give consent but expresses the desire not to be killed)?

a) involuntary euthanasia
b) voluntary euthanasia
c) nonvoluntary euthanasia
d) advance directive


a) involuntary euthanasia

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A) Analyze the argument passage below, addressing the following as appropriate: specify the issues addressed; identify premises and conclusions; classify as inductive or deductive; supply missing premises; separate arguments from window dressing; identify claims better left unstated. B) Diagram the argument.For one thing, every movie Stallone has made in the past decade has made money. For another, blood-and-guts patriotism is selling big these days. So the combination of another film of that kind from Stallone is very nearly a certain moneymaker.

What will be an ideal response?

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Who are the people sitting in the cave described in Plato's Republic?

a.The Silver caste. b.The Bronze caste. c.None of the above. d.We are. e.Only philosophers.

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Determine which of the lettered claims below is equivalent to the following: Steve can give blood if he has been tested. (This is easy to do if you symbolize the claims first and have some familiarity either with truth tables or with the Group II rules for derivations-the truth-functional equivalences.)A. If Steve can give blood, then he has been tested.B. If Steve has been tested, then he can give blood.C. Steve cannot give blood, and he has not been tested.D. Steve has not been tested, but he can give blood.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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A good way to tell whether or not an argument equivocates is by clearly defining the words the argument uses.

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

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