Ethics Exam 2

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Philosophy Test sobre Ethics Exam 2, creado por Emily Edmonds el 24/04/2018.
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Pregunta 1

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What is the human function, according to Aristotle is
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  • virtue
  • Rational activity
  • courage
  • pleasure
  • happiness

Pregunta 2

Pregunta
According to Aristotle, virtue is ___ but not___for living the good life
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  • Difficult - important
  • Important - necessary
  • Helpful - necessary
  • Sufficient - necessary
  • Necessary - sufficient

Pregunta 3

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According to Aristotle, a good that is complete (final)
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  • Valuable for its own sake, intrinsically
  • Never valuable for the sake of something else
  • Not valuable
  • All of the above
  • A and b

Pregunta 4

Pregunta
Which of the following is not a virtue of character?
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  • temperance
  • courage
  • generosity
  • Theoretical wisdom
  • None of the above

Pregunta 5

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According to Aristotle, happiness (or eudaimonia) is the highest good for humans because it is the only good that is
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  • Self sufficient
  • Complete or final
  • Instrumentally valuable
  • A and b
  • A, b, c

Pregunta 6

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If an action is virtuous then, according to Aristotle, it must be
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  • Pleasing to the one performing it
  • The product of a disposition acquired by habituation
  • Performed for the right reason
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Pregunta 7

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The ability to decide in accordance with the Doctrine of the Mean requires which intellectual virtue according to Aristotle
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  • Theoretical wisdom
  • Practical wisdom
  • courage
  • generosity
  • All of the above

Pregunta 8

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According to Aristotle, practical wisdom
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  • Excellence at contemplation
  • Excellence at deliberation
  • Having good ends
  • B and C
  • All of the above

Pregunta 9

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Aristotle argues that virtue is acquired through habituation. This in tension is with his claim that
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  • Eudaimonia the highest good
  • We can be held responsible for our characters
  • Virtuous activity is pleasant
  • Having virtue is a necessary condition for being happy
  • None of the above

Pregunta 10

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The Ancient Greek term eudaimonia is often translated in English as “happiness” but a less misleading translation in the context of Aristotle’s philosophy would be
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  • Virtue
  • Deliberation
  • Pleasure
  • Justice
  • Humane flourishing

Pregunta 11

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According to Hume, reason
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  • Cannot motivate by itself
  • Is the slave of passion
  • Determines whether our ideas are true or false
  • Cannot combat passion
  • All of the above

Pregunta 12

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According to an ethical subjectivist like Hume, making a moral distinction (e.g. Lying is wrong) is
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  • Making a judgement that can be rationally assessed
  • An attempt to represent the facts
  • A display of virtue
  • Expressing a particular kind of sentiment
  • None of the above

Pregunta 13

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There is a significant amount of agreement amongst us regarding the more distinctions we make Hume explains this by appealing to a particular feature of human nature, namely
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  • Utility
  • Sympathy
  • Pleasure
  • Passion
  • None of the above

Pregunta 14

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According to an ethical subjectivist like Hume, someone who utters “Cheating is wrong!” us saying something
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  • True
  • False
  • Reasonable
  • Unreasonable
  • None of the above

Pregunta 15

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Ideas, but not impressions, are true or false (or reasonable/unreasonable) because ideas, unlike impressions
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  • Are always true
  • Are always false
  • Purport to represent how things are
  • Are just given
  • Feel good

Pregunta 16

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Pleasure is a complete good but not the highest good,according to Aristotle
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 17

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There is only one kind of rational activity, acc to aristotle, namely, contemplation
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 18

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According to Aristotle, a person can be generous but not courageous
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 19

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According to Aristotle, a person can be practically wise, but not theoretically wise
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 20

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Virtues of character are explained by Aristotle in terms of means between excesses and deficiencies
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 21

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All actions are capped by good (or real) pleasures, according to Aristotle
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 22

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All of our actions aim at some ultimate purpose, according to Aristotle
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 23

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According to Hume, ethics has nothing to do with subjective feelings
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 24

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Some passions are unreasonable in and of themselves, according to Hume
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 25

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According to Hume, what looks like a battle between reason and passion is really a battle between a calm passion and a violent passion
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 26

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Hume argues in favor of the view that reason can motivate us all by itself
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 27

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Some of our impressions are false, according to Hume
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 28

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There is always a way to resolve an ethical disagreement by appeal to reason, according to an ethical subjectivist
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  • True
  • False

Pregunta 29

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Ethical subjectivism is a normative ethical theory
Respuesta
  • True
  • False

Pregunta 30

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According to Hume, reason’s job is to serve the passions
Respuesta
  • True
  • False
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