Hum 1020 Midterm EXAM QUESTIONS ALL CORRECTLY ANSWERED 2024 UPDATE
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Hum 1020 Midterm EXAM QUESTIONS ALL CORRECTLY ANSWERED 2024 UPDATE
Identify the fallacy in the following passage:
The liars down at CNN allege that gun laws in the US aren't strict enough. I hate CNN, so I believe our gun laws are just fine. - ANSWER Ad Hominem
According to Aristotle...
The liars down at CNN allege that gun laws in the US aren't strict enough. I hate CNN,
so I believe our gun laws are just fine. - ANSWER Ad Hominem
According to Aristotle, what does medical practice, shipbuilding and economics share in
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common? - ANSWER Each aims at their respective "good"
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According to Hobbes, what is mankind's most fundamental proclivity? - ANSWER
Self-Preservation
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According to Kant, what is the difference between a hypothetical imperative and a
categorical imperative? - ANSWER A hypothetical imperative refers to a course of
action that is necessary in order to bring about some desired consequence(s), while a
categorical imperative refers to a course of action that is necessary irrespective of any
consequence(s).
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According to Marx, which of the following is not a characteristic of capitalist society? -
ANSWER Social Mobility
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Aristotle claims that, for some actions, there is no appropriate "mean." How does he
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come to this conclusion? - ANSWER He reasons that some actions are so
excessive or so deficient that their means would still be regarded as vice. For example,
there is no such thing as "just enough murder."
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Does Hobbes claim the emergence of a powerful sovereign is inevitable or preferable? -
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ANSWER Inevitable
For Aristotle, vices are... - ANSWER excesses or deficits of virtue.
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For Hobbes, what is the difference between a state of war and a state of nature? -
ANSWER None. Hobbes believes that a state of nature (i.e., no
government/sovereign protection) is tantamount to a state of war.
For Locke, what is the only justification for the emergence of government? - ANSWER
The protection of natural liberty.
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