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Ethics Exam 1

Question 1 of 30

1

Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with

Select one of the following:

  • Knowledge

  • Valid inference

  • Virtue

  • Justice

  • The nature of reality

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

1

Ethical relativism is the view that

Select one of the following:

  • Sophistry and philosophy are equally concerned with the truth

  • You should care more about your relatives than strangers

  • There are no objective ethical values or truths

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

1

Not being able to make sense of ethical progress is a problem for

Select one of the following:

  • Philosophy

  • Epistemology

  • Virtue ethics

  • Ethical relativism

  • Essentialism

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

1

Which of the following is not a proposition or claim

Select one of the following:

  • ECU is in NC

  • Plato was a student of Socrates

  • Where is the cat?

  • Gorillas have wings

  • Water quenches thirst

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

1

The cardinal Ancient Greek virtues (the ones exemplified by Plato’s ideal state) are

Select one of the following:

  • Courage, generosity, temperance, and justice

  • Wisdom, courage, generosity, and justice

  • Wisdom courage, temperance and justice

  • Faith hope, and clarity

  • Eat drink and be merry

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

1

A deductively valid argument by definition

Select one of the following:

  • Has true premises

  • Cannot have a false conclusion

  • Is always sound

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

1

On Plato’s metaphysical view, reality ultimately consists of

Select one of the following:

  • Copies or imitation

  • Mere appearances

  • Sensible particulars

  • Timeless unchanging forms or essences

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

1

Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with

Select one of the following:

  • Ethical conduct

  • Knowledge

  • Valid inference

  • The nature of reality

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

1

Philosophy is the love of...

Select one of the following:

  • Studying

  • Wisdom

  • Music

  • Freedom

  • Pizza

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

1

Plato's systematic philosophy includes

Select one of the following:

  • A rationalist epistemology

  • A virtue ethical theory

  • An essentialist metaphysics

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

1

Consider the following:
All cats have wings
Lassie is a cat
Therefore Lassie has wings
This argument is:

Select one of the following:

  • Invalid

  • Valid

  • Unsound

  • B and C

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

1

The ___ of X is that which all X's have in common that makes them X's is

Select one of the following:

  • Virtue

  • Knowledge

  • Essence

  • Truth

  • Opinion

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

1

According to Plato, only ______ are fit to rule or govern as kings in an ideal state

Select one of the following:

  • Sphism

  • Philosophers

  • Artists

  • Doctors

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

1

In Plato’s cave allegory, the shadows on the wall represent

Select one of the following:

  • Form or essences

  • Virtues

  • Appearances or sensible particulars

  • Philosopher kings

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

1

The silhouettes represent

Select one of the following:

  • Form or essences

  • Virtues

  • Appearances or sensible particulars

  • Philosopher kings

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

1

Which of the following is true of inductively strong arguments?

Select one of the following:

  • The conclusion must be true if the premises are true

  • Accepting the premises but rejecting the conclusion involves a contradiction

  • There is no new information in the conclusion

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

1

On the traditional account of knowledge, in order for S to know that P, it must be the case that

Select one of the following:

  • S believes that p

  • P is true

  • S Jim’s justified in believing p

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

1

Socrates was brought to trial on the charge of

Select one of the following:

  • Corrupting the youth

  • Being a pacifist and refusing to go to war

  • Being an ethical relativist

  • Calling for a revolution and refusing to pay taxes

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

1

Which of the following is not a characteristically Socratic maxim or thesis?

Select one of the following:

  • The unexamined life is not worth living

  • Know thyself

  • Is is better to suffer an injustice than to inflict an injustice

  • Only death is to be feared

  • Nothing can harm a good person

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

1

According to Plato, our senses present us with

Select one of the following:

  • The essence of Goodness

  • Reality

  • Mere appearances

  • All of the above

  • None of the above

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

1

Virtue ethics is an example of a normative ethical theory

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

1

According to Socrates, nothing can harm a good person

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

1

According to Plato, justice in instrumentally valuable

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

1

Just rulers in Plato’s ideal state would always tell the truth

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

1

“Are there any objective moral truths?” is an example of a meta-ethical question

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

1

All valid arguments are sound

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

1

All sound arguments are valid

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

1

According to Plato, a just person is a person with a well-ordered soul

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

1

Plato’s ideally just state is paternalistic

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

1

In Plato’s cave allegory, the sun represents the essence of goodness

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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