Philosophy 104 Exam 1 Review Questions Answers RATED A
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Philosophy 104: Exam 1 Review Questions & Answers (RATED A+)
The area of moral philosophy known as "value theory" includes questions such as...
A. Is morality objective?
B. What do we owe to each other
C. What kind of life is most worth living?
D. How do we know which actions are morally right...
1). The area of moral philosophy known as "value theory" includes questions such as...
a. is morality objective?
b. what do we owe to each other
c. what kind of life is most worth living?
d. how do we know which actions are morally right?
Ans: What kind of life is most worth living?
2). The question "do the ends justify the means?" falls within the area of...
a. value theory
b. normative ethics
c. metaethics
d. moral psychology
Ans: normative ethics
3). The claim that morality is a human invention and therefore not objective is a claim in...
a. applied ethics.
b. value theory.
c. normative ethics.
d. metaethics.
Ans: metaethics
4). Skepticism about morality is...
a. a position that no one has ever argued for.
b. nearly universally accepted.
c. nearly universally rejected.
d. deeply controversial.
Ans: deeply controversial
5). In philosophy, an argument is..
a. a formal debate between two parties who disagree.
b. a heated confrontation concerning a key philosophical issue.
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, c. a chain of reasoning consisting of a set of reasons that supports some conclusion.
d. an objection to a stated philosophical position.
Ans: a chain of reasoning consisting of a set of reasons that supports some
conclusion
6). It is impossible for a valid argument to have...
a. true premises and a false conclusion.
b. true premises and a true conclusion.
c. false premises and a false conclusion.
d. none of the above.
Ans: a true premise and a false conclusion
7). There is no such thing as...
a. a sound argument that is also valid.
b. a sound argument that is not valid.
c. a valid argument that is also sound.
d. a valid argument that is not sound.
Ans: a sound argument that is not valid
8). The conclusion of a sound argument
a. will always be true.
b. will always be false.
c. might be true but also might be false.
d. will always be relevant to the debate at hand.
Ans: will always be true
9). A moral agent is
a. someone who acts morally all the time.
b. someone who acts in accordance with the ethics of his or her profession.
c. anyone who is capable of controlling his or her behavior through moral reasoning.
d. any individual whose interests we must consider in order to act morally.
Ans: anyone who is capable of controlling his or her behavior through moral reasoning.
10). Moral theorizing essentially involves
a. trying to decide what is right or wrong on a case-by-case basis.
b. trying to come up with general moral principles that apply to many different cases.
c. consulting the relevant laws and the constitution.
d. trying to explain what causes people to make the moral judgments they do.
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, Ans: trying to come up with general moral principles that apply to many different cases.
11). "conventional morality" is
a. the set of laws of a particular government.
b. the set of principles genuinely believed by a moral agent.
c. the set of traditional principles that are widely shared within a culture or society.
d. the set of true moral principles.
Ans: the set of traditional principles that are widely shared within a culture or society.
12). According to the text, how should moral philosophy begin?
a. from a set of moral principles that cannot be doubted
b. from a set of moral rules that is clear enough so as to not require interpretation
c. from a set of plausible ethical claims that is subject to revision
d. none of the above
Ans: From a set of plausible ethical claims that is subject to revision
13). The desire for "unification" in ethics is a desire for...
a. everyone to agree on moral principles.
b. everyone to treat each other well.
c. a single general moral principle.
d. a scientific account of morality.
Ans: a single general moral principle.
14). What is the best description of the following argument? if the sky is yellow, then grass is
pink. the sky is yellow. therefore, grass is pink.
a. valid and sound
b. valid but unsound
c. invalid but sound
d. invalid and unsound
Ans: valid but unsound
15). Some moral actions are a. illegal.
b. impolite.
c. both (a) and (b)
neither (a) nor (b)
Ans: both a and b
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