Exam 3

Navigation » List of Schools » Pierce College » Philosophy » Philosophy 001 – Introduction to Philosophy » Spring 2021 » Exam 3

Need help with your exam preparation?

Existing Quiz Clients Login here

Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Try The Exam

Question #1

Don Marquis’ argument is an argument from analogy

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #2

Leviathan was written by John Locke

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #3

Carol Gilligan accepts the theory of moral development in stages developed by Lawrence Kohlberg.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #4

Aristotle wrote that true friendship is based on

A The sharing of the same basic nature

B The mutual recognition of goodness in each other

C The mutual pursuit of happiness

D The sharing of common interests

Question #5

Immanuel Kant developed a hedonistic calculus

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #6

Which philosopher argues that individuals should realize their human potential through productive work that exercises their capacities?

A John Locke

B Karl Marx

C Immanuel Kant

D Jean Jacques Rousseau

Question #7

Mill’s central concern in On Liberty is freedom of the individual

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #8

Ethical relativism denies the existence of a single, universally applicable moral standard.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #9

Hobbes believed that nothing could be unjust in a war of all against all

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #10

Aquinas defended the principle of double effect.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #11

Bentham was a utilitarian

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #12

Hobbes and Locke were both social contract theoriests

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #13

Hobbes believed that the authority of the state was based on a social contract

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #14

What philosopher argues that killing an adult human being is wrong because it deprives one of a fundamental good: one’s own future with all its experiences, activities, projects, and enjoyments?

A Immanuel Kant

B Don Marquis

C Jane English

D Richard Hare

Question #15

Who believed that justice was the name for certain important social utilities?

A Hegel

B Mill

C Rawls

D Kant

Question #16

The psychologist Carol Gilligan argued that

A women tend to approach ethics by focusing on being impartial

B All children employ the same ethical principles

C children whose parents had more education had higher levels of moral development

D Women tend to approach ethics differently than men

Question #17

Which philosopher argued that a law is nothing more than a command issued by a ruler, backed by threats of punishment, and maintained by a habit of obedience?

A Karl Marx

B John Stuart Mill

C John Rawls

D John Austin

Question #18

Which philosopher argues that in a just society work burdens should be distributed according to ability and benefits should be distributed according to need?

A Rawls

B Marx

C Plato

D Nozick

Question #19

Ethics is the study of

A Metaphysics

B Morality

C Religion

D Knowledge

Question #20

David Hume argued that

A There is no legitimate authority for government

B Governments are formed by conquest or succession

C Government derives its authority from God

D The government must have absolute power

Question #21

Aristotle developed an early version of virtue ethics.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #22

Epicurus was a hedonist

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #23

Thomas Hobbes and John Locke agree that

A Rationality enables human beings to perceive the necessity of forming a state

B The government must have absolute power in order to prevent chaos

C The government derives its power from God

D Prior to the formation of government we have no rights

Question #24

The view that in a just society each individual will be given equal share of benefits and burdens is

A Formal equality

B Rawlsian equality

C Strict egalitarianism

D Substantive egalitarianism

Question #25

Thomas Jefferson was a disciple of

A Hobbes

B Plato

C Locke

D Rousseau

Question #26

Which two needs does Hobbes believe drive human action?

A Survival and love of others

B Love of others and desire for peace

C Personal gain and survival

D Personal gain and love of others

Question #27

Which of the following philosophers was a hedonist?

A Harry Browne

B Plato

C Epicurus

D Aristotle

Question #28

Basic to the doctrines of Buddhism are the

A Noble Commands

B Four Noble Truths

C Three Noble Commands

D Five Noble Truths

Question #29

Feuerbach held that philosophy is the science of

A Truth

B Reality

C Morality

D Religion

Question #30

Who developed the categorical imperative?

A Aquinas

B Aristotle

C Mill

D Kant

Question #31

Nel Noddings’ book Caring agrees with Kant that caring for others must be based on a firm sense of moral obligations and not on feelings.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #32

Carol Gilligan believed that moral development for a woman was marked by progress toward more adequate ways of caring for herself and others.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #33

Which philosopher defined a right as a justified entitlement or claim on others?

A H.J. McCloskey

B Thomas Jefferson

C Michael Sandel

D Martin Luther King Jr.

Question #34

Contract theory says that individuals give up certain rights and liberties to the state, which guarantees other rights

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #35

Conditional pacifists hold that war is always wrong

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #36

Plato discussed three active principles in each person: reason, spirit, and anger.

A FALSE

B TRUE

Question #37

Who said that the state was “prior to the individual”?

A Hobbes

B Rawls

C Aristotle

D Locke

Question #38

Epicurus was concerned with sober thinking

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #39

David Hume endorsed social contract theory

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #40

Epictetus was concerned only with appearances.

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #41

What did Hobbes believe rulers should use to form the wills of their subjects?

A Terror

B Kindness

C Reason

D Safety

Question #42

What 1973 Supreme Court case ruled that the government may not make laws restricting abortions performed during the first six months of pregnancy?

A Roe v. Wade

B Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey

C Webster v. Reproductive Health Services

D Plessy v. Fergusen

Question #43

Rawls’ difference principle states that

A There should be no differences in people’s economic status

B Society should not control the distribution of wealth

C The market should determine the difference in people’s economic rewards

D Social and economic inequalities should be arranged to the benefit of the least advantaged

Question #44

What philosopher argues that sexual acts that exclude the possibility of procreation are unnatural and therefore morally wrong?

A John Finnis

B James Rachel

C Donald Levy

D Aristotle

Question #45

Divine command theory is a(n) __________ ethical theory

A Utilitarian

B Non-consequentialist

C Deontological

D Consequentialist

Question #46

What philosopher associated justice with merit, in the sense that individuals are treated and given a station in life according to their talents and accomplishments?

A Hegel

B Plato

C Aristotle

D Rawls

Question #47

John Locke rejected the view that consent could be tacit

A TRUE

B FALSE

Question #48

The utilitarian ethics of Bentham and Mill is a version of

A Virtue ethics

B Deontological ethics

C Divine command theory

D Consequentialist ethics

Question #49

What view holds that different societies or cultures have different moralities?

A Ethical relativism

B Rule utilitarianism

C Ethical absolutism

D Descriptive relativism

Try The Exam

Fresh Grad Lands Job as Real Estate Agent With Help from Professional Writers

Need help with your exam preparation?

Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:

Christian S.

Tyra

Linda

Manush

We accept payment