Question

Determine whether the following are arguments are not. If an argument, state the conclusion. If not an argument, state what kind of nonargument it is.

Question 113 (1 point)

Surprisingly, whistleblowing is a morally ambiguous activity on a complex combination of grounds: It necessarily involves a betrayal of trust on behalf of a public interest which itself is on some occasions morally ambiguous. It indicts otherwise morally competent individuals and organizations concerned with being perceived as legitimate. Sometimes it arouses public opinion, which is a frequently contaminated and itself morally fraught process.

Question 113 options:

a)

Argument (by Illustration)

"It necessarily involves a betrayal of trust on behalf of a public interest which itself is on some occasions morally ambiguous."

b)

Argument (by Explanation)

"Surprisingly, whistleblowing is a morally ambiguous activity on a complex combination of grounds."

c)

Nonargument

Report

d)

Argument

" It indicts otherwise morally competent individuals and organizations concerned with being perceived as legitimate."

e)

Nonargument

Exposition

f)

Argument

"Sometimes it arouses public opinion, which is a frequently contaminated and itself morally fraught process."

Determine whether the following are arguments are not. If an argument, state the conclusion. If not an argument, state what kind of nonargument it is.

Question 114 (1 point)

If Regina didn't get promoted today, then she would be home by now. So Regina must have been promoted today, since she isn't home yet.

Question 114 options:

a)

Nonargument

Conditional Statements

b)

Argument

If Regina didn't get promoted today, then she would be home by now.

c)

Nonargument

Illustration & Explanation

d)

Argument

[Regina] isn't home yet.

e)

Argument

Regina must have been promoted today.

Question 115 (1 point)

"Thing A has properties P1, P2, P3, plus the property P4. Thing B has properties P1, P2, and P3. Therefore, thing B probably has property P4" is a pattern of reasoning known as…

Question 115 options:

Hasty generalization

Inference to the best explanation

Enumerative induction

Analogical induction

Question 116 (1 point)

Probably the best advice for anyone trying to uncover or dissect arguments is…

Question 116 options:

Determine the truth of premises

Find the conclusion first

Paraphrase the argument

Find the premises first

Answer 1

113. The correct answer is Option B. This is an argument by explanation.

114. The correct answer is Option E. This is an argument and its conclusion.

115. The correct answer is Option D. This is an example of analogical induction.

116. The correct answer is Option B. Find the conclusion first.