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What is the missing premise in the following argument? \"All murder is wrong. So

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Question

What is the missing premise in the following argument?

    "All murder is wrong. So, abortion is wrong."

                                                                                      A.         Abortionists are immoral

                                                                                      B.          Abortion is murder

                                                                                      C.          Murder is abortion

                                                                                      D.         Wrong actions should be avoided

    An argument is inductive if and only if

                                                                                      A.         its conclusion provides evidence for its premises

                                                                                      B.          its premises give, at most, evidence for its conclusion  

                                                                                      C.          its premises guarantee the truth of its conclusion

                                                                                      D.         its premises entail its conclusion

    The principle of charity prescribes that, in argument reconstruction, we maximize

                                                                                      A.         the form of the argument  

                                                                                      B.          the validity of the inference

                                                                                      C.          the truth of statements and the strength of the argument

                                                                                      D.          the arguer’s intentions

    What type of induction does the following argument represent?

    "Keisha's web page probably has spelling mistakes. After all, almost all web pages have them."

                                                                                      A.         enumerative induction

                                                                                      B.          statistical syllogism

                                                                                      C.          causal argument

                                                                                      D.         analogy

Explanation / Answer

1. B

2. B

3. C

4. B

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