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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 There is a contstant battle between good and evil and good will eventually win
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
Question #2
A Bentham is a Supernaturalist but Mill is a Utilitarian
B Bentham’s Utilitarianism believes pleasure is pleasure, but Mill thinks “higher pleasure” is the main goal
C There is no difference, both of them agree on the “pleasure” concept similarly
D Bentham thinks minority rights are equally important but Mill does not
Question #3
A Utilitarianism can be right if we consider its usefulness in the long run
B Each society should decide for itself what is right and what is wrong
C Utilitarianism cannot be right, because it creates serious ethical problems for “individual rights”
D “Usefulness for the majority” principle is perhaps the most reasonable ethical theory
Question #4
A Ethical decision can also be based on one’s “gut feeling”
B Morality should be based on the “Divine Command” concept only
C Motivation is the main driving force for morality
D Moral feelings are not scientific and therefore invalid and meaningless emotional expressions
Question #5
A Idealist
B Supernaturalist
C Moral Subjectivist
D Moral Objectivist
Question #6
A Chomsky’s theory is about human language being a non existent and meaningless thing, because it cannot be proven scientifically
B Children learn foreign languages much faster, because of certain chemicals in their brain
C Morality, Ethics and the Concept of Language may be “built in” in humans which goes beyond science
D Religious Language has been developed throughout the human evolution
Question #7
A Religions are usually outdated, superstitious and often hateful, therefore the only solution is to find the best religion which is accurate and valid
B Religious claims are absolutely valid and should be taken seriously along with scientific discoveries
C 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.
D Only scientific, provable and testable data is valid and religion should be disregarded as superstition
Question #8
A People lost their sense of “sameness” and “collective identity” with their tribe and death became a personal and cruel problem
B The author does not believe that “city civilizations” affected the religious worldview in any way
C People became more individualistic and the “divine” became more democratic and available for all
D “City civilizations” created environmental crisis and people lost their religion and became more secular
Question #9
A Often Religious Language describes the divine not “what it is like” but “what it is not”
B Unfortunately, obscurity of Religious Language has created significant misfortune
C It states that negative thinking can create bad karma
D Religious Language often criticizes people too harshly for their shortcomings
Question #10
A Is outdated and if modernized, everyone would clearly and completely understand the message
B Is full of metaphors and allegories, because it tries to explain the inexplicable
C Is confusing and therefore religions need to simplify it to reach people more effectively
D Is Utilitarian and tries to produce maximum usefulness for the majority