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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A True
B False
Question #2
A False
B True
Question #3
A False
B True
Question #4
A True
B False
Question #5
A True
B False
Question #6
A False
B True
Question #7
A True
B False
Question #8
A False
B True
Question #9
A True
B False
Question #10
A True
B False
Question #11
A False
B True
Question #12
A True
B False
Question #13
A True
B False
Question #14
A False
B True
Question #15
A False
B True
Question #16
A False
B True
Question #17
A True
B False
Question #18
A True
B False
Question #19
A False
B True
Question #20
A False
B True
Question #21
A Kant’s “Grounds for Metaphysics of Morals”
B Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics”
C Plato’s Republic
D Plato’s “Euthyphro”
Question #22
A Humans are capable of being good, but because of their weakness choose to be bad
B Humans are originally pure, but Satan makes them sinful by tempting them
C Humans have divine nature and do not usually sin, but they make mistakes because of their lack of faith
D Humans nature is fallen and sinful from the beginning and they are unable to be good
Question #23
A Augustine
B Plato
C Kant
D Rumi
Question #24
A Each object can have three versions: the one depicted by painters, art, imitators, the second – the actual physical, and the third, which is the only original, true idea of the object
B There is no one object, but numerous, because each person sees his/her own version of the object
C Objects are perceived in three ways: how people perceive them relatively, how people see them emotionally and how people interpret them subjectively
D Objects have three versions: The physical, which is the real, the imitation through art, which is the shadow and the imitation of the imitation, which is the third
Question #25
A Satan sinned and was cast out
B Satan refused to bow down to newly created humans
C The garden of Eden
D Satan wanted to become God
Question #26
A Bakhti Yoga
B Hedonism
C Asceticism
D Moksha
Question #27
A Usefulness and talents
B Realization that all art is fake
C Realization that moral actions will be rewarded in a higher reality
D One’s loyalty to duty
Question #28
A Islam/Original Sin
B All pairs are correct
C Utilitarianism/Maximizing happiness for the majority
D Cultural Relativism/Universal, Objective Morality
Question #29
A Karma
B Nirvana
C Yoga
D Kama
Question #30
A You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because it will produce bad education and will increase unhappiness for the majority
B You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because if cheating on exams was the moral norm, there would be no exams, so it doesn’t make sense
C Cheating is bad, but only in special cases you may, if it is necessary to achieve more important results.
D You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because it is against the will of God
Question #31
A Useful Consequences of actions
B Cultural Norms
C The 10 commandments
D Good Will
Question #32
A Bentham believes pleasure is pleasure, but Mill thinks higher, dignified and quality pleasure is the final goal
B There is no difference, they both believe in the same principle of pleasure and happiness as the final goal
C Mill thinks Happiness and Pleasure are not the final goal of human beings, but Bentham does
D Bentham believes utilitarianism must maximize pleasure and happiness, but Mill believes in supernaturalism and intuitionism
Question #33
A Urban and political
B Identical in all religions
C By necessity, highly metaphoric and symbolic
D Unnecessary and superstitious
Question #34
A Realism
B Golden Rule
C Pluralism
D Descriptivism
Question #35
A An action is moral if it uses human beings as means to an end
B Kant is skeptical about morality and doesn’t believe there is objective morality
C Things are good if they produce more pleasure
D Things are good and bad in themselves and consequences do not matter
Question #36
A Moral actions are driven by inner motivation originated from consciousness
B Materialists, because it implies a belief that moral actions are simply emotional phenomenon and are not real or valid
C Morality is different for different people and it all depends on their culture and upbringing
D Religious people, because it implies a belief in the emotional validity of the human soul
Question #37
A All spiritual things are logical and therefore moral
B One should always choose the lesser of two evils
C Moral statements that cannot be proven empirically, based on sensory data, are simply feelings and are meaningless
D Before taking action, one should carefully weigh “for” and “against” arguments
Question #38
A Human soul reincarnates in many bodies based on its karmic debt
B Humans have a soul and a spirit and both are immaterial
C Moral choices can only be made based on inner conviction and knowledge of right and wrong.
D Humans possess innate ability to foresee upcoming events
Question #39
A Political Sceptic
B Cultural Relativist
C Utilitarianist
D Societal Platonist