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Quiz 7 - Quiz 7
Philosophy and Contemporary Ideas (Liberty
University)
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Phil 201 Quiz 8
2019- Summer
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Question 1
3 out of 3 points
Platonic Atheism is a version of which meta-ethical theory:
Selecte
d
Answer:
Ethical
Non-
Naturalism
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Question 2
3 out of 3 points
A key intuition we hold is that we owe obligations to persons, not
things, and this provides reason to think theism explains, whereas
Platonic atheism does not, the reality of objective moral duties.
Selecte
d
Answer:
Tr
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Question 3
3 out of 3 points
The branch of ethics that explores answer to the question, "Is
abortion morally right or wrong?" is
Selecte
d
Answer:
Normativ
e ethics
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Question 4
3 out of 3 points
Examples of noncogitivist metaethical theories include:
Selecte
d
Answer:
Prescripti
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sm
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Question 5
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3 out of 3 points
One advantage of Theism over Platonic Atheism, is that:
Selecte
d
Answer:
Theism ultimately grounds moral facts in a person,
whereas they are brute facts for Platonic Atheism.
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Question 6
3 out of 3 points
Subjectivist metaethical theories are:
Selecte
d
Answer:
anti-
realis
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Question 7
3 out of 3 points
Cultural relativism is a version of which metaethical theory:
Selecte
d
Answer:
subjectiv
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Question 8
3 out of 3 points
The branch of ethics that explores answer to the question, "What
grounds moral facts?" is
Selecte
d
Answer:
Metaet
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cs
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Question 9
3 out of 3 points
According to simple subjectivism, whatever an individual believes
to be true is true (for that person).
Selecte
d
Answer:
Tr
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Question 10
3 out of 3 points
According to emotivism, "murder is wrong" is understood to mean:
Selecte
d
Answer:
"I disapprove
of murder"
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Question 11
3 out of 3 points
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Answer:
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Question 12
3 out of 3 points
Objectivist metaethical theories are:
Selecte
d
Answer:
real
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Question 13
3 out of 3 points
MacIntyre argues that ethics should be about constructing a
unified approach to morality that applies to all people everywhere.
Selecte
d
Answer:
Fal
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Question 14
3 out of 3 points
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Aristotle believed that we can find virtue between the vices of excess
and deficiency. This virtuous point in between the vices he called:
Selected
Answer:
The
golden
mean
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Question 15
3 out of 3 points
Immanuel Kant’s moral philosophy rested on the assumption that
there is a “universal rationality” shared by all people everywhere.
Selecte
d
Answer:
Tr
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Question 16
0 out of 3 points
Which distinction is made among Divine Command Theorists?
Selected
Answer:
Categorical/hypo
th etical
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Question 17
0 out of 3 points
Alasdair MacIntyre is founded which modern ethical approach?
Selected
Answer: None of the
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Question 18
3 out of 3
points
The authors conclude by endorsing which of the ethical systems
discussed in the chapter?
Selected
Answer: None of
the above
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Question 19
3 out of 3
points
Teleological ethical theories are primarily concerned with commands
to do right, and to avoid wrong-doing.
Selecte
d
Answer:
Fal
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Question 20
3 out of 3 points
The Enlightenment philosopher was one of the leading voices
for deontological ethics.
Selected
Answer:
Immanu
el Kant
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Question 21
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3 out of 3
points
The authors use the quote by Ayn Rand, man “must live for his
own sake, neither sacrificing himself to other nor sacrificing other
to himself” to describe which ethical theory?
Selected
Answer:
Egoi
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Question 22
3 out of 3
points
John Stuart Mill, a pioneer of Utilitarian ethics, sought to find an
objective morality through an ontological basis of morality.
Selecte
d
Answer:
Fal
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Question 23
3 out of 3
points
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Answer: All of
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Question 24
3 out of 3
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A virtue is some positive characteristic of a person that is life-
producing, beneficial, or helpful in nature.
Selecte
d
Answer:
Tr
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Question 25
Needs Grading
Which metaethical theory holds that morality is subjective and
grounded in attitudes?
Selected
Answer: Emotivism
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