When inflation, as measured by the change in the consumer price index (CPI), is high,

Which of the following information is included on a person’s personal balance sheet (net worth statement)? Select all that apply.

Your salary was $52,000 one year and the next year it increased to $57,000.  What was the percentage increase in your salary from one year to the next?

Another name for permanent life insurance is

“We can’t know ahead of time if our efforts to curtail global warming are going to make a difference, and it’s easier to live as we are, so we might as well do nothing” Is this fallacious? Why or why not?

Give an example of a Tu quoque fallacy. 

“When the governor says we should save water during this drought, we should really listen to him.”  Is this fallacious? Why or why not?

If I try to convince you by weeping in front of you–real ugly crying–what Aristotelian means of persuasion am I attempting? 

Name and define the five elements of Burke’s Pentad.

Complete this syllogism: The defense accuses the police of planting evidence at the defendant’s home in order to incriminate the defendant. In order for planted evidence to be credible, the police must know that the defendant does not have an alibi. The police had not yet interviewed the defendant when they found the evidence at the defendant’s home and it was among the first pieces of evidence they discovered. Therefore…