PHI 445 Week 1 Quiz ~ ( Latest Syllabus - Updated Feb, 2015 - Perfect Tutorial - Scored 100% )

 Question 1.Thomas Hobbes believes that most people in the state of nature would prefer: 

•   wish to stay there because no one interferes with anyone else.   
•   wish to leave it and join society because it is freer.   
•   wish to leave it and join society because it is more secure and peaceful.   
•   wish to stay there because there is nothing to fear in the state of nature.

Question 2.Adam Smith would agree with which of the following about religion? 

•   Churches should be run privately.   
•   The state should establish a single religion.   
•   Society is better off if everyone has the same religion.   
•   Religion is the opiate of the masses.

Question 3.Welfare Capitalism might include which of the following social benefits?

•   Government ownership of private property   
•   Government mandated health care   
•   Government mandated Casual Fridays   
•   Government ownership of the media   

Question 4.John Stuart Mill might defend laws against driving while intoxicated by appealing to the:

•   harm principle.   
•   egoism principle.   
•   duty principle.   
•   divine principle.   

Question 5.A corporation might offer its approach to workplace sexual harassment in its:

•   business plan.   
•   code of ethics.   
•   prospectus.   
•   quarterly statement.   

Question 6.John likes to watch TV. Aristotle would recommend that John do which of the following?

•   Watch as much TV as he wants as long as it doesn't harm anyone else.   
•   Never watch TV, as it is bad for John.   
•   Watch TV as much as he wants as long as it is educational TV.   
•   watch a reasonable amount of TV: not too much, not too little.   

Question 7.Moral relativism adopts the position that: 

•   morality is grounded in universal truths.   
•   morality is determined by majority vote.   
•   morality is impossible and thus should be ignored.   
•   morality is determined by individuals and communities.   

Question 8.According to the divine command theory, God alone is responsible for: 

•   determining what is and what is not moral.   
•   making it possible for humans to agree on what is a moral value.   
•   establishing the rules of logic that reveal what is moral.   
•   revealing that moral truths are relative to individuals.   

Question 9.Utilitarians analyze whether an act is morally good or not by: 

•   determining if God commands it.   
•   determining if it generates the greatest good for the greatest number.   
•   determining if it is in accordance with duty.   
•   determining if it is in accordance with altruism.  

Question 10.A member of a community who is affected by a corporation's acts but does not own stock in that corporation is best referred to as a: 

•   stockholder.   
•   shareholder.   
•   stakeholder.   
•   stockman.