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Course Introduction
This course explores the fundamental theories and concepts of ethics, examining how individuals and societies determine what is morally right and wrong. Students will analyze a range of philosophical frameworks including consequentialism, deontology, virtue ethics, and relativism and apply them to contemporary ethical dilemmas in personal, professional, and global contexts. Through critical discussion and case studies, participants will develop skills in ethical reasoning, argumentation, and reflective moral judgment, preparing them to navigate complex moral challenges in their academic and professional lives.
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Critical Thinking A Users Manual 1st Edition by
Debra Jackson
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Chapter 1: Recognizing Arguments
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Q1) We should hire a new member for our department because our workload has significantly increased in the past three months, and the existing staff cannot keep up.
A) Argument
B) Explanation
C) Neither an argument nor an explanation
Answer: A
Q2) What time does the Super Bowl begin?
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Answer: A
Q3) Be wary of strangers on the Internet.
A) 0
B) 1
C) 2
D) 3
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Analyzing Arguments
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Q1) Boxing is not the most dangerous sport. It's not nearly as dangerous as football. Answer: P: Boxing is not nearly as dangerous as football. \(\therefore\)Boxing is not the most dangerous sport.
Issue: Whether boxing is the most dangerous sport
Q2) The governor has decided to cut funding to the state universities because he is much more concerned about locking up drug offenders than he is about educating the younger generation.
Answer: This passage contains an explanation. The explanandum is that the governor has decided to cut funding to the state universities. The explanans is that the governor is much more concerned about locking up drug offenders than he is about educating the younger generation.
Q3) "Since we have missed it for the past two years, we should go to the county fair this weekend. The gates open at 10:00am." Which of the following claims represents the conclusion of this argument?
A) We have missed the county fair for the past two years.
B) We should go to the county fair this weekend.
C) The gates to the county fair open at 10:00am.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Diagramming Arguments
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Q1) Gasoline prices will most likely continue to rise throughout the next decade. As a result, the US government ought to encourage drivers to move to electric vehicles, and it also need to encourage auto companies to phase out gasoline powered automobiles.
Answer: This passage contains an argument. The issue is whether the US government ought to encourage drivers to move to electric vehicles. The conclusion is that the US government ought to encourage drivers to move to electric vehicles. The premise is that gasoline prices will most likely continue to rise throughout the next decade. This passage contains another argument. The other issue is whether the US government needs to encourage auto companies to phase out gasoline powered automobiles. The conclusion is that the US government needs to encourage auto companies to phase out gasoline powered automobiles. The premise is that gasoline prices will most likely continue to rise throughout the next decade.
1. Gasoline prices will most likely continue to rise throughout the next decade. As a result, 2. the US government ought to encourage drivers to move to electric vehicles, and 3. it also need to encourage auto companies to phase out gasoline powered automobiles. 11ed2f3d_5a0d_fd71_9f96_3b331355fec0_TB4256_11
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Chapter 4: Detecting Fallacies
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Q1) We are constantly hearing about the need to pay teachers based on their performance. What a terrible idea! Teachers are people who unselfishly give time and energy to their pupils. They also serve as important roles models for young people. Furthermore, they all have invested time and money in earning their college degrees.
A) begging the question
B) appeal to ignorance
C) appeal to illegitimate authority
D) ad hominem
E) strawman
F) red herring
G) no fallacy committed
Q2) Like their Cretan predecessors, the Greeks were less conscious of the tomb than the Egyptians. They have left us a number of bronze statuettes, which are highly esteemed. But their painting-an art on which their writers assure us they lavished great skill-is almost totally lost. One reason for this is that, unlike the Egyptians, Minoans, and Mycenaeans, who painted only murals, the Greeks painted mainly on wooden panels that have perished over time. -Sister Wendy Beckett, The Story of Painting
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Chapter 5: Preparing to Evaluate Arguments
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Q1) Our sales drive began losing steam two weeks ago. This is probably caused by the free prizes given by our competitor, because they initiated this particular free prize promotion at the beginning of last month.
A) categorical argument
B) truth-functional argument
C) analogical argument
D) inductive generalization
E) causal argument
Q2) No horoscopes are accurate predictors of behavior. Therefore, since all scientifically testable procedures are accurate predictors of behavior, no horoscopes are scientifically testable procedures.
Q3) Since every lawyer is a college graduate, and since every college graduate has taken logical reasoning courses, we know that all lawyers have taken logical reasoning courses.
A) categorical argument
B) truth-functional argument
C) analogical argument
D) inductive generalization
E) causal argument
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Chapter 6: Evaluating Categorical Arguments
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Q1) All P are M
Some S are M
Some S are P
Q2) All boa constrictors are poisonous snakes. No rattlesnakes are boa constrictors. No rattlesnakes are poisonous snakes.
Q3) Not every six-year old knows how to tie his or her shoes.
Q4) Shakira is a singer.
Q5) Every retail store is a small business. Accordingly, given that all companies are small businesses, retail stores are companies.
Q6) The bill should be paid by whoever bought the item.
Q7) Since all operas are musical plays, and since there are some musical plays that are not obscene, it follows that no operas are obscene.
Q8) The only path to success is through hard work.
Q9) Whenever the phone rings the dog barks.
Q10) If you want to be a nursing major, then you must take an anatomy class.
Q11) Some P are not M
Some S are M
Some S are not P
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Chapter 7: Evaluating Truth-Functional Arguments
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Q1) This spring, Michael will go to Europe or travel through China, and he will keep a daily journal.
A) E \(\lor\) C J
B) (E \(\lor\) C) J
C) E \(\lor\) (C J)
D) (E C) \(\lor\) J
Q2) You can enter the chess tournament only if you are ranked.
A) R \(\lor\) C
B) C \(\lor\) R
C) C \(\sqsupset\) R
D) R \(\sqsupset\) C
Q3) The war on drugs will succeed in the 1990's if Prohibition succeeded in the 1920's. But Prohibition did not succeed in the 1920's. So, the war on drugs will not succeed in the 1990's.
Q4) It is not the case that Ese speaks Urdu and French.
A) ~ U ~ F
B) ~ (U F)
C) ~ (U \(\lor\) F)
D) ~ U F
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Chapter 8: Evaluating Analogical Arguments
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Q1) The quick responses and fast thinking required for video game proficiency are like the responses and thinking required for flying a stealth fighter.
Q2) Which analogical argument is stronger?
A) Working as an intern at a law office requires problem solving. Lawyers, too, must solve problems. Therefore, since lawyers need good critical thinking skills, it's likely that interns at law offices need good critical thinking skills.
B) Working as an intern at a law office requires the ability to solve problems and the ability to defend your solutions to your colleagues. Lawyers, too, must have the ability to solve problems and the ability to defend their solutions to their colleagues. Therefore, since lawyers need good critical thinking skills, it's likely that interns at law offices need good critical thinking skills.
Q3) Which analogical argument is stronger?
A) Grease, oil, road tar, and paint thinner are all flammable. Thus paint thinner is a refined product since grease, oil, and road tar are refined products.
B) Grease, oil, and paint thinner are all flammable. Thus paint thinner is a refined product since grease and oil are refined products.
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Chapter 9: Evaluating Inductive Generalizations
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Q1) Juan wants to join a ski club so he can go skiing. He remembers that when he went to college in Pennsylvania, the college had a ski club. The same was correct when he went to college in Arizona and in Colorado. He reasons that since those other colleges had ski clubs, most colleges will have one, too.
Q2) I tend to live in the past because most of my life is there.-Herb Caen
Q3) Which inductive generalization is stronger?
A) Wishing to discover whether audiences were likely to want to see her newest film, a movie producer invited a randomly selected group of 300 potential viewers of the movie. After screening a portion of the movie, she asked participants to fill out a survey ranking their likelihood of viewing the new movie. Only 1/3 of the viewers were positive about the film, so the producer concluded that it was not going to be a success.
B) Wishing to discover whether audiences were likely to want to see her newest film, a movie producer invited a randomly selected group of 100 potential viewers of the movie. After screening a portion of the movie, she asked participants to fill out a survey ranking their likelihood of viewing the new movie. Only 1/3 of the viewers were positive about the film, so the producer concluded that it was not going to be a success.
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Chapter 10: Evaluating Causal Arguments
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Q1) Which causal argument is stronger?
A) The population of frogs in three California counties has declined dramatically in the last decade. Loss of habitat must be the cause, since increased demand for housing has eliminated more than half of the available wetlands in all three counties, and this appears to be the only factor all three have in common.
B) The population of frogs in three California counties has declined dramatically in the last decade. Loss of habitat must be the cause, since increased demand for housing has eliminated more than half of the available wetlands in all three counties, and this appears to be the only factor all three have in common. Only one county is rural, and only two counties have experienced an increase in frog predators.
Q2) Painting the Golden Gate Bridge is an ongoing job because the salt air from the ocean rusts and corrodes the steel components.-goldengatebridge.org
Q3) Three of the students in the residence hall had severe headaches last evening. The cause of the headaches must have been breathing paint fumes, since the only thing they had in common was that each of their rooms had been painted during the day.
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