Deck 3: Evaluating Moral Arguments

Question 1

Argumentation and persuasion are fundamentally the same thing.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The argument form called "denying the consequent" (or modus tollens)is:

A) always invalid
B) always sound
C) always valid
D) always cogent

Answer 2

C

Question 3

An argument consists of:

A) indicator words and premises
B) three statements
C) premises and a conclusion
D) premises and a statement

Answer 3

C

Question 4

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

A) sound
B) valid
C) invalid
D) cogent

Question 5

The sentence "Don't speak to me" is not a statement or claim.

Question 6

When a deductive argument fails to offer conclusive support for its conclusion,it is said to be:

A) untrue
B) formally flawed
C) invalid
D) weak

Question 7

Our acceptance of a statement can vary in strength,depending on the strength of the reasons given to support it.

Question 8

A valid deductive argument with true premises is said to be sound.

Question 9

A deductive argument may contain false premises and still be valid.

Question 10

An inductive argument is intended to:

A) be sound
B) be valid
C) provide conclusive support to the conclusion
D) provide probable support to the conclusion

Question 11

An argument requires at least two statements,one of which provides a reason to believe the other.

Question 12

Deductive arguments are:

A) supposed to give logically conclusive support to their premises
B) supposed to give logically conclusive support to their conclusions
C) supposed to have all true premises
D) always valid

Question 13

When dealing with a deductive argument form that you have never seen before,the best way to test its validity is to use the counterexample method.

Question 14

In a typical moral argument,at least one premise must be a moral premise and:

A) one premise must be true
B) at least one premise must be a sound premise
C) at least one premise must be derived from the moral premise
D) at least one premise must be a nonmoral premise

Question 15

An inductive argument that manages to give probable support to its conclusion is:

A) true
B) strong
C) valid
D) sufficient

Question 16

It is impossible for a valid argument to have true premises and a false conclusion.

Question 17

A strong inductive argument with true premises is said to be cogent.

Question 18

Any proposed implied premise should make the argument valid or strong and be:

A) plausible and fitting
B) plausible and cogent
C) analogous and strong
D) true and testable

Question 19

The argument form "If p,then q.If q,then r.Therefore,if p,then r." is valid.

Question 20

In logic,a(n)___________ is an assertion that something is either true or false.

A) axiom
B) utterance
C) statement
D) paradox

Question 21

An appeal to ignorance consists of arguing that the absence of evidence entitles us to believe a claim.

Question 22

To beg the question is to raise an issue not yet discussed.

Question 23

We are usually justified in rejecting a claim because of the characteristics of the person who makes it.

Question 24

The fallacy of straw man is rarely used in everyday debates about moral issues.

Question 25

Equivocation is the assigning of two different meanings to the same term in an argument.

Question 26

Faulty analogy is the mistake of drawing a conclusion about an entire group of people or things based on an undersized sample of the group.

Question 27

Slippery-slope arguments are never legitimate.

Question 28

Moral premises cannot be evaluated but must be either accepted or rejected.