Political Scientists Have Claimed That the Link Between Culture and Democracy

question 34

Multiple Choice

Political scientists have claimed that the link between culture and democracy is
Major premise: If Catholicism is incompatible with democracy, then Catholic countries are more likely to be dictatorships than democracies.
Minor premise: Catholic countries today are more likely to be democracies than dictatorships.
Conclusion: Therefore, Catholicism is compatible with democracy.
-What form does this argument take?

• A) affirming the antecedent
• B) denying the antecedent
• C) affirming the consequent
• D) denying the consequent

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