MODR1760ABH Y17-18 REASONING ABOUT MORALITY AND VALUES PRACTICE 1 - MODULE 1 EXAM University of Toronto, MississaugaBUSS 1010Answers to Practice Exam 1.

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MODR1760ABH Y17-18 REASONING ABOUT MORALITY AND VALUES PRACTICE 1 - MODULE 1 EXAM Course Director: Dr. Cael Cohen INSTRUCTIONS: This exam will be “open book” which means you are permitted to ... use any materials you wish to bring in to the exam room: handouts, student notes, and outlines. You are also allowed to use laptops and electronic devices however, you are NOT permitted to go on the internet or online or communicate with anyone during the exam either verbally or via electronic device; example, Facebook, Twitter, or messaging. No collaboration is permitted during the exam. PART 1 IDENTIFYING TOPICS, ISSUES AND POSITIONS Total 5 marks Read the following dialogue. State the topic of the dialogue. State Alex’s and Peter’s positions, according to the model taught in class. Formulate the issue according to the method taught in class and ensure that your statement of the issue meets the criteria for a well-formed issue. PART 2 NEUTRALIZING PREJUDICIAL AND EMOTIVE LANUAGE Total 5 marks Neutralize the prejudicial and emotive language in the following passage. (1) list the prejudicial and emotive words or phrases; and (2) rewrite the passage without the emotional and prejudicial terms in a neutral form. PART 3 PUTTING ARGUMENTS IN STANDARD ARGUMENT FORM Total 10 Marks Put the following arguments in standard argument form. List all premises separately. Include only stated premises and stated conclusions. You are NOT required to supply unstated premises or conclusions. Complete all 5 questions below, worth 2 marks each for a total of 10 marks. PART 4 ASSESSING NON-DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENTS Total 10 Marks Put the following argument in standard argument form. List all premises separately. Include only stated premises and stated conclusions. You are not required to supply unstated premises or conclusions. Assess the argument using the applicable criteria for assessing non-deductive arguments as taught in class. COMPLETE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION NOT PROVIDED. PART 5 NEUTRALIZING FALLACIES Total 18 marks Choose one (1) of the arguments below. Neutralize one (1) fallacy taught in class that appears in one (1) of the following arguments using the 5-step Process for Neutralizing Fallacies taught in class. Composition Fallacy. COMPLETE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION NOT PROVIDED. Step 6: [NOT A COMPLETE SAMPLE ANSWER GIVEN BELOW. NEED TO EXPLAIN AND SUPPORT ANSWER MORE. DRAW ON SLIDE, LECTURE AND TEXTBOOK MATERIAL MORE IN ANSWER] [Show More]

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