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In the following, identify whether the following is a characteristic of traditional skepticism or bias-related doubt:  We can consult an expert opinion – [term1] We cannot trust ourselves as inquirers – [term2] There is good reason (strong evidence) to explain why people make errors in judgment – [term3] Unlikely to affect our everyday lives – [term4] Doubts grounded in the identity of social categories – [term5]

If you offer direct cremation, the Funeral Rule requires you to offer an option including a casket or alternative container and one in which the family provides their own casket or alternative container.

Which of the following is consistent with King’s  position of “time”?

A funeral director must be comfortable with a family’s outward expressions of grief.

Event planning has no place in funeral service and is best left to the venues and hotels.

Note that your written responses MUST INTEGRATE COURSE CONTENT (it must come from something covered in the readings and lecture powerpoints), and MUST CITE SOURCES if you directly quote from the readings or powerpoints. If the response you provide is irrelevant to the way these terms were covered in class, you are liable to receive zero credit for it. Do keep in mind that all responses are manually submitted into Turnitin.Com for plagiarism detection, and may be scanned on Originality.Ai for AI-use detection. – – – – – -Please answer the following question, in at least 100 words.   Explain the Category Mistake, and show how this mistake is used as a way to refute Descartes’ argument on substance dualism.

In the following, indicate whether the description is relevant to context sensitivity or moral relativism.  It purports to explain what makes an action right or wrong [whichone1] What is right or wrong for one person to do will depend on the details of their particular circumstances [whichone2] The non-moral facts about circumstances affect what is right or wrong to do [whichone3] What most fundamentally makes an action morally right or morally wrong are the moral norms accepted by that culture, at that time [whichone4] Does not offer an explanation of what most fundamentally makes actions right or wrong [whichone5]

Indicate whether a moral relativist would agree with the following:  Different societies or cultures often differ in their moral codes [yesno1] There are no objectively correct norms about what is right or wrong [yesno2] Some cultures can go too far in their norms, and they violate what is right [yesno3] The only universal moral code is the moral code of tolerance [yesno4] Moral norms are completely conventional.  It is an “anything goes” view [yesno5]

Our section on the mind-body problem explored the question of whether the mind can be separated from the body.  Descartes believed that it could, but Gilbert Ryle disagreed with him.  Please fill in the blanks with your answers below:  Descartes’ position said that every human being has both a body and a mind; that human bodies are in space and subject to mechanical laws but minds are not in space.  Descartes’ position is known as the Official [term1] .  Descartes’ position further states that the body is public; but the mind is [term2]. Ryle uses an example of a foreigner visiting Oxford or Cambridge to help him explain that he believes Descartes commits something called the [term3]. Ryle also says that he will refer to Descartes’ position with deliberate abusiveness, calling it the dogma of the [term4] in the [term5]

Family stories about the deceased can tell us what was important to that person when he or she was alive.