Ethics Exam 1

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Philosophy Quiz sobre Ethics Exam 1, criado por Dorothy Dudley em 24-04-2018.
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Questão 1

Questão
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy concerned with
Responda
  • Knowledge
  • Valid inference
  • Virtue
  • Justice
  • The nature of reality

Questão 2

Questão
Ethical relativism is the view that
Responda
  • 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

Questão 3

Questão
Not being able to make sense of ethical progress is a problem for
Responda
  • Philosophy
  • Epistemology
  • Virtue ethics
  • Ethical relativism
  • Essentialism

Questão 4

Questão
Which of the following is not a proposition or claim
Responda
  • ECU is in NC
  • Plato was a student of Socrates
  • Where is the cat?
  • Gorillas have wings
  • Water quenches thirst

Questão 5

Questão
The cardinal Ancient Greek virtues (the ones exemplified by Plato’s ideal state) are
Responda
  • Courage, generosity, temperance, and justice
  • Wisdom, courage, generosity, and justice
  • Wisdom courage, temperance and justice
  • Faith hope, and clarity
  • Eat drink and be merry

Questão 6

Questão
A deductively valid argument by definition
Responda
  • Has true premises
  • Cannot have a false conclusion
  • Is always sound
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Questão 7

Questão
On Plato’s metaphysical view, reality ultimately consists of
Responda
  • Copies or imitation
  • Mere appearances
  • Sensible particulars
  • Timeless unchanging forms or essences
  • None of the above

Questão 8

Questão
Epistemology is the branch of philosophy concerned with
Responda
  • Ethical conduct
  • Knowledge
  • Valid inference
  • The nature of reality
  • None of the above

Questão 9

Questão
Philosophy is the love of...
Responda
  • Studying
  • Wisdom
  • Music
  • Freedom
  • Pizza

Questão 10

Questão
Plato's systematic philosophy includes
Responda
  • A rationalist epistemology
  • A virtue ethical theory
  • An essentialist metaphysics
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Questão 11

Questão
Consider the following: All cats have wings Lassie is a cat Therefore Lassie has wings This argument is:
Responda
  • Invalid
  • Valid
  • Unsound
  • B and C
  • None of the above

Questão 12

Questão
The ___ of X is that which all X's have in common that makes them X's is
Responda
  • Virtue
  • Knowledge
  • Essence
  • Truth
  • Opinion

Questão 13

Questão
According to Plato, only ______ are fit to rule or govern as kings in an ideal state
Responda
  • Sphism
  • Philosophers
  • Artists
  • Doctors
  • None of the above

Questão 14

Questão
In Plato’s cave allegory, the shadows on the wall represent
Responda
  • Form or essences
  • Virtues
  • Appearances or sensible particulars
  • Philosopher kings
  • None of the above

Questão 15

Questão
The silhouettes represent
Responda
  • Form or essences
  • Virtues
  • Appearances or sensible particulars
  • Philosopher kings
  • None of the above

Questão 16

Questão
Which of the following is true of inductively strong arguments?
Responda
  • 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

Questão 17

Questão
On the traditional account of knowledge, in order for S to know that P, it must be the case that
Responda
  • S believes that p
  • P is true
  • S Jim’s justified in believing p
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Questão 18

Questão
Socrates was brought to trial on the charge of
Responda
  • 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

Questão 19

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

Questão 20

Questão
According to Plato, our senses present us with
Responda
  • The essence of Goodness
  • Reality
  • Mere appearances
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Questão 21

Questão
Virtue ethics is an example of a normative ethical theory
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 22

Questão
According to Socrates, nothing can harm a good person
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 23

Questão
According to Plato, justice in instrumentally valuable
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
Just rulers in Plato’s ideal state would always tell the truth
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
“Are there any objective moral truths?” is an example of a meta-ethical question
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 26

Questão
All valid arguments are sound
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 27

Questão
All sound arguments are valid
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 28

Questão
According to Plato, a just person is a person with a well-ordered soul
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 29

Questão
Plato’s ideally just state is paternalistic
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 30

Questão
In Plato’s cave allegory, the sun represents the essence of goodness
Responda
  • True
  • False

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