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1. What is the difference between active and passive euthanasia?
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| B) Active euthanasia involves partaking in an action which results in killing someone while passive is doing nothing and allowing someone to die. |
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2. Which ethical position best fits with nihilism?
A) Anthropoocentricism B) Biocentrism C) Sentientism D) None of the above
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| 3. True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. states in a letter to Birmingham City Jail, that a law can be unjust in three ways, on its face, in its origin, or in its application? |
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4. True or False: Sometimes a law is just on its face and unjust in its application.
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5. To be a virtuous person, one must:
A) know which action is right
B) do the right action for its own sake
C) do the right action from a "firm and unchangeable character"
D) all of the above |
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6. Which of the following is NOT euthanasia?
A) the intentional killing by act of a dependent human being for his or her own benefit
B) there is no doubt that the patient will die soon
C) the request to withdraw all treatment
D) a physician assisted suicide
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C) the request to withdraw all treatment
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7. What does cultural relativism claim?
A) cultures are not relevant
B) Cultures mean nothing in philosophy
C) Culture has a negative effect on people
D) the correct moral standars are relative to cultures
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| D) the correct moral standards are relative to cultures |
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8. What does ethical subjectivism claim?
A) We should all be ethical with one another
B) Ethics is not important
C) Correct moral standards are those endorsed by each individual
D) We do not have the right to kill animals
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| C) Correct moral standards are those endorsed by each individual |
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9. What do desire theorists reject?
A) All objective theories of welfare
B) Happiness in life
C) Love between people of the same sex
D) Any from of God worshipping |
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| A) All objective theories of welfare |
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10. True or False: According to Nietzsche, nihilism in an ever going danger.
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11. Ethical Nihilism means...
A) Everything has a meaning
B) Nothing has any meaning
C) Only good will has a meaning
D) None of the above |
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| B) Nothing has any meaning |
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12. True or False: MLK makes only religious arguments about the nature of justice.
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13. A normative claim is...
A) What people should do
B) What the law should be
C) What ought to be the case
D) All of the above |
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14. True or False: According to Aristotle, Eudaimonia's main purpose is to realize the fullest potential of our nature.
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15. True or False: Harry Gensler believes that some things are objectively right or wrong, independently of what anyone may think or feel.
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16. Singer Kelly Clarkson's song "Stronger" uses a phrase first coined by:
A) Epicuris
B) John Stuart Mill
C) Jean Kazes
D) Nietzche
E) None of the above |
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17. The Painting of Saturn by Francisco Goya done in 1820 depicts Saturn eating...
A) The last supper
B) His infant child
C) A philosophy book
D) Three dogs
E) None of the above |
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18. The Paradox of Hedonism is...
A) Trying harder to be happy fails
B) The more you pursue hapiness the more it eludes you
C) You can't always get what you want
D) Both A & B
E) Both B & C
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19. What is an example of a passionate person?
A) Waiter
B) Girlfriend/Boyfriend
C) Activist
D) Receptionist
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20. What type of person is motivated by fear?
A) Child
B) Caretaker
C) Priest
D) Subperson |
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21. What is moral skepticism?
A) The denial of ethical objectivism
B) The view of every moral being wrong
C) Both A & B
D) None of the above |
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| A) The denial of ethical objectivism |
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22. True or False: Nozick believes that "plugging in" is equal to suicide.
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23. Norcross believes that...
A) Puppies have the same moral standing as chickens
B) Chickens have a greater moral standing than puppies
C) It is okay to kill animals as long as it's a painless death
D) It is impossible to end factoring farming |
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| A) Puppies have the same moral standing as chickens |
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24. True or False: Martin Luther King Jr. believed that just waiting and being patient was the most effective way to achieve civil rights.
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25. Which of the following experiments dealt with prison stimulation?
A) Milgram Experiment
B) Tuskee Experiment
C) Simbardo Experiment
D) Nozick Experiment
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26. Which of the following is Not a part of the necessary criteria for a good life according to Kazez?
A) Morality
B) Autonomy
C) Freedom
D) Happiness
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27. Which of the following groups recognizes freedom?
A) The Nihilist
B) The Sub-Man
C) The child
D) The serious Man |
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28. According to ___, ___ is all we need.
A) Robert Nozick; Happiness
B) Aristotle; Autonomy
C) Kant; Kindness
D) Kant; Human Potential |
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| A) Robert Nozick; Happiness |
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29. ___ claimed that the only thing that can be good without limitation is the Good Will.
A) Norcross
B) Aristotle
C) Kant
D) Epicurus |
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30. According to ___ ___ "An act is morally right just because it is the one that a virtuous person would do in that situation."
A) Virtue Ethics
B) Virtues Autonomy
C) Nature Works
D) Free Will |
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31. Which of the following philosophers is NOT a hedonist?
A) Epicurus
B) Mill
C) Hill
D) Aristotle |
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32. Which of the following desires could be considered a natural desire?
A) Fame
B) Food
C) Love
D) Both B & C
E) Both A & C |
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33. According to Aristotle's Virtue ethics, a "Mean" could be defined as:
A) A way to get to a desired end-an instrument
B) Someone who is not very nice - a bully
C) An appropriate amount of something - moderation
D) None of the above
E) All of the above |
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| C) An appropriate amount of something - moderation |
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34. According to Simone de Beauvoir, the sub-person:
A) has no substantive choices
B) denies makning any choice
C) is scared before the possibility of choices
D) is not a person at all |
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C) is scared before the possibility of choices |
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35. Which of the following is a form of moral nihilism?
A) Error theory
B) Relativism
C) Expressive
D) All of the above
E) A & C only |
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36. According to King, one has a moral responsibility to disobey?
A) Laws we don't like
B) Unjust laws
C) B & C only
D) All of the above |
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37. What type of desires are food, water, and shelter considered?
A) Vain
B) Natural & Necessary
C) Natural & Unnecessary
D) None of the above
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38. Which desires does Epicurus want us to try to avoid at all cost?
A) Natural and unnecessary
B) Vain
C) Natural and necessary
D) None of the above
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39. True of False: Utilitarianism is conserved under the consequentialism view?
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40. By using Mill's "competent judge test" bodily pleasures are involved in which of the following?
A) Eating
B) Literature
C) Drinking
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41. Simone de Beauvoir argues that...
A) Humans can never achieve will and freedom
B) Humans have will and freedom from the time they are born
C) Human will and freedom is developed over time
D) Humans do not have will and freedom until they are a full-grown adult
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| C) Human will and freedom is developed over time |
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42. According to Kant, what is good in itself?
A) Money
B) Intelligence
C) Strength
D) None of the above
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43. Which of the description best describes Hedonism?
A) Happiness is intrinsically valuable
B) Lying is never acceptable
C) Those who try to make themselves happier will never succeed
D) Life is good to the extent that it is filled with pleasure and free of pain |
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| D) Life is good to the extent that it is filled with pleasure and free of pain |
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44. Who would agree that we must never lie?
A) Epicurus
B) Kant
C) Mill
D) Aristotle |
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45. According to the Kantian Perspective what is the "golden rule"?
A) Treat others the way you would want to be treated
B) God is dead
C) Act morally only if its maxim is universalized
D) What doesn't kill you makes you stronger |
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| A) Treat others the way you would want to be treated |
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46. Why will the two thieves, Al and Bob, in the Prisoners Dilemma betray each other?
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They will betray each other because they are self-interested and because they are rational
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47. According to MLKJ how does one determine whether a law is just or unjust?
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| A just law is a manmade code that squares with the moral law or the law of God, while an unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. |
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48. True or False: St. Thomas Aquinas believes that a just law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law.
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49. Which philosopher believes that happiness, autonomy, self expression, morality, and progress over time are the goods necessary for a good life?
A) Jean Kazez
B) Epicurus
C) Aristotle
D) John Steward Mills |
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50. True or False: Ethical objectivism is the view that some moral standards are objectively correct and that some moral claims are objectively true. |
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51. True or False: The Anthropocentric view states that all livings things are "teleological systems" and can thus be benefited or harmed.
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