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PHIL 347 Exam 2 Complete Questions With 100% Verified Answers Graded A+ The Naive View Having a mental disorder itself implies something about one's freedom and moral responsibility The Nuanced View There is no general relationship between moral responsibility and psychopathology Moral Responsibility The philosophical term of art used to describe when it is appropriate to hold someone accountable for something morally significant that they've done Usually, this is tied to blam...

What are the two parts of an argument? CORRECT ANSWER Premise: provides the reason Conclusion: is what the premise is trying to prove/ demonstrate How does the book define critical thinking? CORRECT ANSWER Analyzed decision making process that helps one arrive at the best possible solution that will benefit all involved in any given situation, resulting in the most successful outcome. objective and subjective claims CORRECT ANSWER Objective claim is INDEPENDENT on whether you believe it i...

Instructions What are the three fundamental reasoning strategies listed in the text? Answer: 1. Comparative reasoning 2. Ideological reasoning 3. Empirical reasoning What is comparative r easoning? On what skill is it based? Answer: Comparative reasoning is used to illustrate, illuminate, suggest, or hypothesize the process of using what is familiar to make interpretations, explanations, or inferences about what is less familiar. Based on critical thinking skills. We learned four tests for evalu...

Phil 347 FINAL Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Graded A+ The logical problem of evil The world is full of evil- theist and athesit agree. All knowing god knows there is evil, all good being would stop it and all powerful could stop it. All three can not stay if evil exists. Free will defense God maximized the goodness in the world by creating free being. A free being means that we have the choice to do evil things- A choice that some of us exercise. This preserves Gods goodness...

Consequentialism/utilitarianism correct answers All about the consequences, "how will this most benefit the community," forward looking MAXIMIZE HAPPINESS Deontology/Kantianism correct answers intrisctically justified, someone deserves punishment Punishment correct answers infliction of suffering (hard treatment), intentional, purposeful/reactive Theory of punishment correct answers how punishment should be used and who "deserves" punishment Utilitarian theory of punishment corre...

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Phil 347 FINAL Complete Exam Questions With 100% Verified Answers Graded A+ Cosmological argument Argues for the idea that the universe has a beginning. This argument follows the idea that all empirical things are in a state of generation and decay and therefore the universe is material and was created. Plato's cosmological argument premises 1.) everything that begins to exists has a cause distinct from itself 2.) the universe has a beginning 3.) hence the universe has a cause distinc...

normative claim correct answers Claims about what ought to be the case. cannot be measured or researched. Not subjected to finding a real question. Never can truly be answered. empirical claim correct answers Claims about what IS the case(descriptive claims) can be subjected to scientific investigations (historical and researched claims) Fuller's eight necessary conditions for law States that law must be correct answers General Public/publicized Prospective (not retrospective) Clear ...