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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A We can never have an ideally happy society if happiness is at the expense of the suffering of a silent minority
B If everyone thinks of the well-being of the majority we will have an ideal society
C There is a constant battle between good and evil and good will eventually win
D Ideal society would be possible only if all citizens were genuinely religious
Question #2
A Bentham thinks minority rights are equally important but Mill does not
B Bentham is a Supernaturalist but Mill is a Utilitarian
C Bentham’s Utilitarianism believes pleasure is pleasure, but Mill thinks “higher pleasure” is the main goal
D There is no difference, both of them agree on the “pleasure” concept similarly
Question #3
A Utilitarianism cannot be right, because it creates serious ethical problems for “individual rights”
B Each society should decide for itself what is right and what is wrong
C “Usefulness for the majority” principle is perhaps the most reasonable ethical theory
D Utilitarianism can be right if we consider its usefulness in the long run
Question #4
A Motivation is the main driving force for morality
B Moral feelings are not scientific and therefore invalid and meaningless emotional expressions
C Morality should be based on the “Divine Command” concept only
D Ethical decision can also be based on one’s “gut feeling”
Question #5
A Moral Objectivist
B Idealist
C Supernaturalist
D Moral Subjectivist
Question #6
A Children learn foreign languages much faster, because of certain chemicals in their brain
B Chomsky’s theory is about human language being a non existent and meaningless thing, because it cannot be proven scientifically
C Religious Language has been developed throughout the human evolution
D Morality, Ethics and the Concept of Language may be “built in” in humans which goes beyond science
Question #7
A 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.
B Religious claims are absolutely valid and should be taken seriously along with scientific discoveries
C Religions are usually outdated, superstitious and often hateful, therefore the only solution is to find the best religion which is accurate and valid
D Only scientific, provable and testable data is valid and religion should be disregarded as superstition
Question #8
A People became more individualistic and the “divine” became more democratic and available for all
B “City civilizations” created environmental crisis and people lost their religion and became more secular
C The author does not believe that “city civilizations” affected the religious worldview in any way
D People lost their sense of “sameness” and “collective identity” with their tribe and death became a personal and cruel problem
Question #9
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”