Identify the likely hidden assumptions in these arguments:
- We should reduce the penalty for drunken driving, as a milder penalty would mean more convictions.
- Moby Dick is a whale. So Moby Dick is a mammal.
- Giving students a fail grade will damage their self-confidence. Therefore, we should not fail students.
- It should not be illegal for adults to smoke pot. After all, it does not harm anyone.
- There is nothing wrong talking on a mobile phone during lectures. Other students do it all the time.
- Killing an innocent person is wrong. Therefore, abortion is wrong.
- Traces of ammonia have been found in Mars' atmosphere. So there must be life on Mars.
- There cannot be more than one God. Otherwise, there would be two Gods equally powerful, or one is more powerful than the other.
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