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