Quiz on Prescriptive (Normative) and Descriptive phrases

Philosophy 014 Quiz #1
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1. ____Guns should be legal for anyone to purchase.
2. ____Socrates did the wrong thing by not attempting to escape from prison, even
though he was unjustly convicted.
3. ____Some people have bombed abortion clinics because it was the right thing to
do.
4. ____Abortion is the procedure whereby a fetus is vacuumed from the womb, thus
ending the life of the unborn baby.
5. ____Adultery, according to the Bible, is a sin against the Ten Commandments.
6. ____The words “In God We Trust” apply to all Americans and should stay on our
money.
7. ____A sociopath is an amoral, and thus evil, person.
8. ____Some people have bombed abortion clinics because they felt it was the right
thing to do.
9. ____If Americans in foreign countries are plotting against the United States, it is
perfectly permissible to kill them with drones.
10. ____ All illegal immigrants, including DREAMers, should self-deport.
11. ____The Constitution of the United States of America does not require a
presidential candidate to undergo a test of his or her faith.
12. ____Female circumcision is practiced in some cultures. Not all women are
willing to undergo this procedure; ergo, it should be outlawed.
13. ____A new bill in Arizona bars atheists from delivering council invocations.
14. ____ Secretary Clinton is said to have been involved in many scandals.
15. ____Abortion is equivalent to murder.