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's automobile is a large, gas-guzzling, luxury car, but in some circumstances (such as cocktail parties when she is among strangers), she will make it a point to criticize people who drive such cars.

What will be an ideal response?


This is not a case of treating like cases differently; there's another name for this kind of inconsistency: hypocrisy.

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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.

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