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Ethics Exam 1

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Philosophy Quiz on Ethics Exam 1, created by Dorothy Dudley on 24/04/2018.
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Question 1

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

Question 2

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Ethical relativism is the view that
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  • 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

Question 3

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

Question 4

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

Question 5

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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
  • Wisdom, courage, generosity, and justice
  • Wisdom courage, temperance and justice
  • Faith hope, and clarity
  • Eat drink and be merry

Question 6

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

Question 7

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

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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

Question 11

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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
  • Valid
  • Unsound
  • B and C
  • None of the above

Question 12

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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
  • Knowledge
  • Essence
  • Truth
  • Opinion

Question 13

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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
  • Philosophers
  • Artists
  • Doctors
  • None of the above

Question 14

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

Question 15

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

Question 16

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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
  • 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

Question 17

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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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  • S believes that p
  • P is true
  • S Jim’s justified in believing p
  • All of the above
  • None of the above

Question 18

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Socrates was brought to trial on the charge of
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  • 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

Question 19

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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
  • 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

Question 20

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

Question 21

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

Question 22

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

Question 23

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

Question 24

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

Question 25

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

Question 26

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All valid arguments are sound
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  • True
  • False

Question 27

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All sound arguments are valid
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  • True
  • False

Question 28

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

Question 29

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

Question 30

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