Reading Quiz 1

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  Bentham is a Supernaturalist but Mill is a Utilitarian

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

D  Motivation is the main driving force for morality

A  Idealist

B  Supernaturalist

C  Moral Subjectivist

D  Moral Objectivist

A  Religious Language has been developed throughout the human evolution

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

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

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

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

B  Religions are usually outdated, superstitious and often hateful, therefore the only solution is to find the best religion which is accurate and valid

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

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

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

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

A  Unfortunately, obscurity of Religious Language has created significant misfortune

B  It states that negative thinking can create bad karma

C  Religious Language often criticizes people too harshly for their shortcomings

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