Reconstruct the following arguments. Put the arguments into standard form, adding premises where necessary. The arguments are repeated here for convenience:

A. We have an obligation to do whatever our employer tells us to do. This is clear because employees are the property of employers. Also, property is controlled by its owner and people have to do something if they are controlled to do it.

B. We discover our moral obligations by looking at the animal kingdom. Whatever the animal kingdom does is natural. So, we have a moral obligation to do what is natural. Chemotherapy is not natural. Therefore, we have a moral obligation to avoid chemotherapy.

C. If Keynes is right then governments should spend more in a recession. But obviously, governments should not spend more in a recession; they should spend less. So, Keynes is wrong.

D. Shamu is a whale; so Shamu is a mammal. Since mammals bear live young, Shamu bears live young.

E. Alberto Gonzales said that the U.S. cannot wait for another terrorist attack. If we can’t wait for something then we eagerly anticipate it. So if Gonzales was right then the U.S. eagerly anticipates a terrorist attack.

F. Karen would like nothing more than for her son to come home for Christmas. Karen’s son did nothing for her for Christmas. Consequently, Karen liked what she got from her son more than she would have liked his coming home.

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