According to Ockham, universal terms such as "human" refer to

a. the Platonic form of humanity.
b. a single, universal quality that is found within each individual human.
c. simply the sum of particular, individual human beings.
d. nothing at all, for universal terms are meaningless.


c.

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to Brant?

a. Permitting euthanasia would distort the very soul of medicine. b. Permitting euthanasia would weaken society’s commitment to provide optimal care to dying patients. c. Permitting euthanasia would weaken the general prohibition of homicide. d. All of the above

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Provide a critical assessment of the following comparative general claim:Food tastes better with butter than with margarine.

What will be an ideal response?

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Assess the following as probably true, as probably false, as requiring further documentation before judgment, or as a claim that cannot properly be evaluated. Consider both the nature of the claim and the source.According to Funk & Wagnalls Hammond World Atlas, the three longest rivers in the world are the Nile, the Amazon, and the Yangtze.

What will be an ideal response?

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By moral intuition, Van Camp, Olen, and Barry mean:

a. a sixth sense that tells us what's right and wrong b. a moral conviction that strikes us a right but unprovable c. a hastily arrived at moral judgment d. ethical relativism

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