Question 1

Intuitive Knowledge is Absolute Knowledge and is always correct.

Select one:

• True
• False

The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 1

According to the video on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), the practice is an “ancestral tradition” in Ethiopia, the video does not discuss Islam and current FGM requirements in Sharia.

Select one:

• True
• False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 3

To Spinoza, Human Intellect cannot exist without these:  (Choose all that apply)

Select one or more:

• a. Emotional Reasoning
• b. Divine Intellect
• c. Empirical Knowledge
• d. Mathematically based logic

The correct answers are: Divine Intellect, Empirical Knowledge, Mathematically based logic

Question 4

Some might say that we rely on __ it every day, but cannot truly define it:

Select one:

• a. Truth
• b. Knowledge
• c. Love
• d. Life
• e. All of the above

The correct answer is: All of the above

Question 5

The Spinoza axiom, “From a given definitive cause there follows necessarily an effect, and, on the other hand, if no definite cause be given, it is impossible that the effect should follow” most matches which of the four types of knowledge discussed in class?

Select one:

• a. Intuitive Knowledge
• b. Authoritative Knowledge
• c. Logical Knowledge
• d. Empirical Knowledge

The correct answer is: Logical Knowledge

Question 6

Based on your understanding of Kantian Ethics, why would this be more attractive to Kings and Rulers than Ethical Relativism?

Select one:

• a. It says all people can make up their own minds about what is right.
• b. It says that laws should be interrupted at the individual and situational level.
• c. It says Ethics and Morals are personal decisions.
• d. It supports that the divine right of Kings is to decide what is right and wrong, and all must follow it.

The correct answer is: It supports that the divine right of Kings is to decide what is right and wrong, and all must follow it.

Question 7

According to St. Thomas Aquinas, for a war to be just, there must be these three conditions: (pick the THREE conditions)

Select one or more:

• a. A declaration by the ruler to defend the "common good" against enemies.
• b. A "just cause" for an attack on an enemy "because they deserve it on account
• of some fault" such as avenging wrongs they have committed.
• c. A “just morality” in that that belligerents disagree on moral platitudes.
• d. A "rightful intention" to advance good or avoid evil such as punishing evil-doers and not simply grabbing land or goods.

The correct answers are: A declaration by the ruler to defend the "common good" against enemies.

Question 7

A "just cause" for an attack on an enemy "because they deserve it on account of some fault" such as avenging wrongs they have committed., A "rightful intention" to advance good or avoid evil such as punishing evil-doers and not simply grabbing land or goods. St. Thomas Aquinas came to think that one should believe only what is self- evident (e.g., human beings use reason) or can be deduced from self-evident propositions (e.g., human reason can discover truth).

Select one:

• True
• False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 8

Why is it a moral dilemma for Huck to not turn in Jim as a runaway?  (Choose all that apply.)

Select one or more:

• a. He is legally required by society to turn him in (The Fugitive Slave Act)
• b. He believes it is God’s will (rule) that he behaves morally
• c. He opposed slavery even though it is the law
• d. He believes it would be morally wrong not to turn him in

The correct answers are: He is legally required by society to turn him in (The Fugitive Slave Act), He believes it is God’s will (rule) that he behaves morally, He opposed slavery even though it is the law, He believes it would be morally wrong not to turn him in

Question 9

Plato felt you could legislate and control sexuality.

Select one:

• True
• False

The correct answer is 'False'.

Question 10

According to the Zarri reading on Aristotle, what are the two basic instincts driving man?

Select one:

• a. Feeding and nurturing
• b. Reproduction and hunger
• c. Reproduction and self-preservation
• d. Self-preservation and hunger

The correct answer is: Reproduction and self-preservation

Question 11

"Truth is what my colleagues will let me get away with ." is an example of “Community Agreement” in Truth Theory…

Select one:

• True
• False

The correct answer is 'True'.

Question 12

Which is the best example of a Hypothetical Imperative ?

Select one:

• a. You must pay your taxes
• b. If you want to go to medical school, you must study biology
• c. Even if you want, you can’t steal it
• d. All dogs go to heaven

The correct answer is: If you want to go to medical school, you must study biology

Question 13

When Huckleberry was conflicted about stealing in Chapter 12 and quoted his Pap as justification instead of The Widow, which ethical theory was he unknowingly supporting?

Select one:

• a. Moral Absolutism
• b. Moral Relativism
• c. Moral  Existentialism
• d. Moral Reductionism

The correct answer is: Moral Relativism

Question 14

According to Plato, which of the following government systems is the fairest and freest?

Select one:

• a. Oligarchy
• b. Timocracy
• c. Democracy
• d. Republic

The correct answer is: Democracy