Exam 3: Evaluating Moral Arguments

The utterance "Abortion is morally permissible" is:

These words-because,given that,due to the fact that,and for the reason that-are:

What is the fallacy used in the following passage? Passage: John argues that active euthanasia is sometimes morally acceptable.But we can reject out of hand anything he has to say because he's an ultraconservative.

A valid deductive argument with true premises is said to be:

A strong inductive argument with true premises is said to be:

This argument [If the dog barks,something must be wrong; something must be wrong; therefore the dog will bark.] has the form of:

In a valid argument,if the premises are true,then the:

The fallacy of drawing a conclusion about an entire group of people or things based on an undersized sample of the group is known as:

What is the fallacy used in the following passage known as? Passage: If same-sex marriage is legalized,young people will assume that being gay is socially acceptable,and that will lead them to give into the temptation to become gay themselves.And being gay can ruin their lives.Therefore,same-sex marriage should not be legalized.

In an argument,the supporting statements are known as ______; the statement being supported is known as the ______.

The fallacy of assigning two different meanings to the same term in an argument is known as:

What is the implicit premise in the following argument? Argument: Same-sex marriage is contrary to tradition.Therefore,it should never be allowed.

Deductive arguments are:

A statement is:

What is the fallacy used in the following passage known as? Passage: No one can prove that a fetus is not a person from the moment of conception.So a fetus must be accorded full moral rights as soon as it is conceived.

A statement asserting that a state of affairs is actual (true or false)without assigning a moral value to it is a:

What is the fallacy used in the following passage known as? Passage: Liberals believe in abortion on demand,which means that killing a baby is permissible any time at all.At conception,in the second trimester,at infancy-any of these would be appropriate times to kill a baby,says the liberal.

In this argument-"(1)Premarital sex is morally permissible because (2)it makes people happy"-statement 1 is the ______; statement 2 is the ______.

An argument in the logical sense is a:

The form of this argument [If p,then q.If q,then r.Therefore,if p,then r.] is called: