Ethics and Moral Philosophy
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Course Introduction
Ethics and Moral Philosophy explores the foundational questions of right and wrong, virtue and vice, and moral responsibility. This course introduces students to major ethical theories such as utilitarianism, deontology, and virtue ethics, examining their principles, applications, and critiques. Through the analysis of key philosophical texts and contemporary moral issues, students will develop skills in ethical reasoning and critical thinking. The course encourages reflection on personal values, the nature of moral judgments, and the ethical challenges faced in both individual and societal contexts.
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The Philosophical Journey An Interactive Approach 6th Edition by William Lawhead
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Chapter 1: Introduction To The Philosophical Journey
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Q1) "All opinions are false" is an example of a self-referential inconsistency.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Which of the following is a characteristic of a valid argument?
A) All the premises must be true.
B) The conclusion must be true.
C) If the premises are true,the conclusion must be true.
D) all of the above
Answer: C
Q3) Socrates was punished for his ideas by being forced to leave Athens and go into exile.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q4) The question "Are mental events really brain events?" is a metaphysical question.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 2: The Search for Ultimate Reality
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Q1) The strong AI thesis claims that it is possible for a computer to have cognitive states.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) In your text,the position defended by Jerry Fodor was A) identity theory.
B) eliminativism.
C) functionalism.
D) dualism.
Answer: C
Q3) René Descartes's version of dualism is known as A) eliminativism.
B) physicalism.
C) interactionism.
D) idealism.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: The Search For Knowledge
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Q1) According to your text,"idealism" means the belief that
A) one should have an optimistic outlook on life.
B) the task of philosophy is to search for the ideal conditions of knowledge.
C) ultimate reality is mental or spiritual in nature.
D) reality goes far beyond what we discover in sense experience.
Answer: C
Q2) Logically necessary truths are examples of a posteriori knowledge.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Immanuel Kant accepted without question the principles of Euclidian geometry and Newtonian physics.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q4) Descartes doubted every one of his beliefs except those that were based on solid sense experience.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Search for God
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Q1) Explain the problem that the theory of evolution posed for the design argument.How might a theist accept evolution and still maintain the plausibility of the design argument?
Q2) Which authors defended versions of the cosmological argument in your readings?
A) St.Anselm and William Paley
B) Blaise Pascal and William James
C) Thomas Aquinas and Richard Taylor
D) all of the above
Q3) Intelligent design theory is an attempt to show that the theory of evolution by itself is able to explain the appearance of design in the world.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The greater good defense assumes
A) the presence of human moral evil needs explanation but natural evils do not.
B) God could not create free agents who never did wrong.
C) the presence of evil can be justified if it helps bring about a greater amount of good.
D) the problem of evil makes belief in God impossible.
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Chapter 5: The Search for Ethical Values
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Q1) Discuss the story of the ring of Gyges in Plato's Republic.What is the point that Glaucon is trying to make with this story? argue either for or against Glaucon's view.
Q2) The reading by Marilyn Friedman illustrates the position of
A) Kantian feminist ethics.
B) care-focused feminist ethics.
C) power-focused feminist ethics.
D) first-wave feminist ethics.
Q3) The ancient Greek historian Herodotus claimed that all cultures have the same moral values.
A)True
B)False
Q4) According to Kant's philosophy,the statement "If you want people to be good to you,you should be good to them" is
A) the basis of all true morality.
B) a hypothetical imperative.
C) the first version of the categorical imperative.
D) the second version of the categorical imperative.
Q5) What is the distinction between subjective ethical relativism and conventional ethical relativism?
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Chapter 6: The Search for the Just Society
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Q1) The belief that the government has no legitimate authority,even though it may be necessary to tolerate government for practical reasons,is called
A) naive anarchism.
B) theoretical anarchism.
C) militant anarchism.
D) Platonic anarchism.
Q2) Rawls's "difference principle" states that
A) there should be no differences in people's economic rewards.
B) society should not control the distribution of wealth.
C) social and economic inequalities should be arranged to result in the greatest benefit to the least advantaged.
D) social and economic differences are acceptable as long as they result from differences in people's natural abilities.
Q3) "The veil of ignorance" is John Rawls's term for the situation of those who lack philosophical reason.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life
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Q1) List several things you did recently or experiences you had that gave some meaning to your life (no matter how small).Discuss the ways in which these meaningful events did or did not support the views of (1)the religious-metaphysical approach to meaning and (2)the secular-humanist approach to meaning.
Q2) Choose one of the philosophers discussed in the previous chapters of the text.Given what you know about this person's philosophy,how might he or she address the question of the meaning of life?
Q3) Leo Tolstoy found the resolution to all his doubts in philosophical arguments for the existence of God.
A)True
B)False
Q4) When Jean-Paul Sartre discusses his conversation with a student during World War II,the point he makes about Christian Doctrine is that it
A) provides advice that is too general to solve the student's dilemma.
B) can serve as an effective guideline in making decisions.
C) is rationally indefensible.
D) leads to actions that Sartre found to be objectionable.
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