Reading Quiz 1

A  There is a constant battle between good and evil and good will eventually win

B  Ideal society would be possible only if all citizens were genuinely religious

C  We can never have an ideally happy society if happiness is at the expense of the suffering of a silent minority

D  If everyone thinks of the well-being of the majority we will have an ideal society

A  Bentham’s Utilitarianism believes pleasure is pleasure, but Mill thinks “higher pleasure” is the main goal

B  Bentham is a Supernaturalist but Mill is a Utilitarian

C  There is no difference, both of them agree on the “pleasure” concept similarly

D  Bentham thinks minority rights are equally important but Mill does not

A  “Usefulness for the majority” principle is perhaps the most reasonable ethical theory

B  Each society should decide for itself what is right and what is wrong

C  Utilitarianism cannot be right, because it creates serious ethical problems for “individual rights”

D  Utilitarianism can be right if we consider its usefulness in the long run

A  Motivation is the main driving force for morality

B  Moral feelings are not scientific and therefore invalid and meaningless emotional expressions

C  Ethical decision can also be based on one’s “gut feeling”

D  Morality should be based on the “Divine Command” concept only

A  Idealist

B  Moral Objectivist

C  Supernaturalist

D  Moral Subjectivist

A  Morality, Ethics and the Concept of Language may be “built in” in humans which goes beyond science

B  Religious Language has been developed throughout the human evolution

C  Children learn foreign languages much faster, because of certain chemicals in their brain

D  Chomsky’s theory is about human language being a non existent and meaningless thing, because it cannot be proven scientifically

A  Religions are usually outdated, superstitious and often hateful, therefore the only solution is to find the best religion which is accurate and valid

B  Only scientific, provable and testable data is valid and religion should be disregarded as superstition

C  Religious claims are absolutely valid and should be taken seriously along with scientific discoveries

D  The author takes a balanced view and believes that religious experience, although not scientifically accurate, is an important contribution to human ethics and self-awareness.

A  The author does not believe that “city civilizations” affected the religious worldview in any way

B  People lost their sense of “sameness” and “collective identity” with their tribe and death became a personal and cruel problem

C  People became more individualistic and the “divine” became more democratic and available for all

D  “City civilizations” created environmental crisis and people lost their religion and became more secular

A  It states that negative thinking can create bad karma

B  Religious Language often criticizes people too harshly for their shortcomings

C  Often Religious Language describes the divine not “what it is like” but “what it is not”

D  Unfortunately, obscurity of Religious Language has created significant misfortune