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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with
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Knowledge
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Valid inference
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Virtue
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Justice
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The nature of reality
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Ethical relativism is the view that
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Sophistry and philosophy are equally concerned with the truth
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You should care more about your relatives than strangers
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There are no objective ethical values or truths
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Not being able to make sense of ethical progress is a problem for
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Philosophy
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Epistemology
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Virtue ethics
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Ethical relativism
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Essentialism
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Which of the following is not a proposition or claim
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The cardinal Ancient Greek virtues (the ones exemplified by Plato’s ideal state) are
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Courage, generosity, temperance, and justice
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Wisdom, courage, generosity, and justice
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Wisdom courage, temperance and justice
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Faith hope, and clarity
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Eat drink and be merry
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A deductively valid argument by definition
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On Plato’s metaphysical view, reality ultimately consists of
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Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with
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Ethical conduct
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Knowledge
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Valid inference
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The nature of reality
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None of the above
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Philosophy is the love of...
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Studying
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Wisdom
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Music
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Freedom
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Pizza
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Plato's systematic philosophy includes
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Consider the following:
All cats have wings
Lassie is a cat
Therefore Lassie has wings
This argument is:
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Invalid
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Valid
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Unsound
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B and C
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None of the above
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The ___ of X is that which all X's have in common that makes them X's is
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Virtue
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Knowledge
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Essence
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Truth
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Opinion
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According to Plato, only ______ are fit to rule or govern as kings in an ideal state
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Sphism
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Philosophers
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Artists
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Doctors
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None of the above
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In Plato’s cave allegory, the shadows on the wall represent
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The silhouettes represent
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Which of the following is true of inductively strong arguments?
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The conclusion must be true if the premises are true
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Accepting the premises but rejecting the conclusion involves a contradiction
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There is no new information in the conclusion
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All of the above
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None of the above
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On the traditional account of knowledge, in order for S to know that P, it must be the case that
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Socrates was brought to trial on the charge of
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Corrupting the youth
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Being a pacifist and refusing to go to war
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Being an ethical relativist
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Calling for a revolution and refusing to pay taxes
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None of the above
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Which of the following is not a characteristically Socratic maxim or thesis?
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The unexamined life is not worth living
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Know thyself
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Is is better to suffer an injustice than to inflict an injustice
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Only death is to be feared
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Nothing can harm a good person
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According to Plato, our senses present us with
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The essence of Goodness
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Reality
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Mere appearances
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All of the above
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None of the above
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Virtue ethics is an example of a normative ethical theory
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According to Socrates, nothing can harm a good person
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According to Plato, justice in instrumentally valuable
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Just rulers in Plato’s ideal state would always tell the truth
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“Are there any objective moral truths?” is an example of a meta-ethical question
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All valid arguments are sound
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All sound arguments are valid
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According to Plato, a just person is a person with a well-ordered soul
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Plato’s ideally just state is paternalistic
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In Plato’s cave allegory, the sun represents the essence of goodness