According to Chapter 7, Comparing an Action to Something Especially

question 29

Multiple Choice

According to Chapter 7, comparing an action to something especially horrific, such as slavery or the Nazis, is:

• A) Not likely to lead to a cogent argument because the relevant differences will outweigh the relevant similarities.
• B) Likely to lead to a cogent argument because it will lead people who were inclined to agree with your conclusion to feel more strongly about that conclusion.
• C) Likely to lead to a cogent argument because the horrific thing is so clearly morally wrong.
• D) Not likely to lead to a cogent argument because the argument will make people feel like they're being manipulated.

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Definitions:

Probability

A measure of the likelihood that an event will occur.

Mutually Exclusive

Events or propositions that cannot both occur or be true at the same time.

P(A)

The probability of event A occurring in a given statistical experiment or context.

P(B)

Symbolically represents the probability of occurrence of event B in a statistical context.