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University of Texas PHIL 1301 Phil 1301 Final Exam 1)Matching question 1

Philosophy

University of Texas

PHIL 1301

Phil 1301 Final Exam

1)Matching question

1.Plato A. Meditations on First Philosophy

 

2. “I think, therefore I am”                                           B. Foundations for the Metaphysics of Morals

 

3. Rene Descartes                                                           C. Leviathan

 

4. David Hume                                                                  D. Jean-Paul Sartre

 

5.  The Republic                                                                E. Plato

 

 6. Immanuel Kant                                                          F. Rene Descartes

 

7. John Rawls                                                                    G. Justice

 

8. Thomas Hobbes                                                          H. Euthyphro

 

9. Existentialism                                                               I. A Treatise of Human Nature

 

10. Jeremy Bentham                                                     J. Utilitarianism

 

True/False

 

1)Immanuel Kant supported suicide when one is without pleasure near the end of life.

 

2. John Stuart Mill distinguished the quality of a pleasure as to be taken into account when making an ethical decision.

 

 3. Descartes believed in eternal recurrence.

 

 4. Jean-Paul Sartre was an atheist.

 

5. Ayn Rand believed one should sacrifice one’s self for the greater good. Multiple Choice

        1. Ayn Rand is connected to all the following EXCPT

 

  1. Fountainhead
  2. On Liberty
  3. Disbelief in God
  4. Objectivism

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        2. The doctrine that what makes an action right is that God commands it to be done

 

  1. Subjective relativism
  2. Absolutism
  3. Cultural relativism
  4. Divine command theory

 

        3. Kant said, “Nothing can possibly be conceived in the world, or even out of it, which can be called good, without qualification, except

a.    Happiness b.    A Good Will

  1. Virtue
  2. Good Character

 

         4. According to                                   , life in the state of nature would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.”

  1. John Locke
  2. Immanuel Kant c.        Thomas Hobbes

d.    John Stuart Mill

 

        5. John Rawls contractarianism involves all of the following EXCEPT

 

  1. The principle of no government control
  2. The principle of equal liberty
  3. The principle of fair equality of opportunity
  4. The difference principle

 

        6. All of the following systems are consequence based EXCEPT

 

  1. Ethical egoism
  2. Categorical imperative
  3. Act-utilitarianism
  4. Rule utilitarianism

 

        7. Peter Singer believed in all of the following EXCEPT

 

  1. consequentialism
  2. that there are no moral absolutes
  3. we should give a portion of our income to help dying children overseas
  4. we should allow abuse of children to avoid divine command as means of morality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        8. David Hume taught all of the following EXCEPT

 

  1. we can depend on the law of cause and affect
  2. our emotional reaction to an ethical issue leads us to emotivism c.        that God is dead

 

d.    the design argument for the existence of Go

 

        9. The existentialist believed

 

  1. essence precedes existence
  2. we all play a role in life c.        that we have free will
  1. we are responsible for our actions

 

          10. Jeremy Bentham believed in all of the following EXCEPT

 

    1. pushpin is as good as poetry
    2. one should choose pleasure over pain
    3. He should become an auto icon after death
    4. One should follow the categorical imperative

 

Answers to the essay.

1)Is there a reliable test for determining whether any purported work of sacred scripture is truly the word of God? What is it? Does any work of sacred scripture pass that test? Would members of other religions agree?

 

 

2. Southern ministers before the Civil War used the Bible to defend the institution of slavery. With existence of Old Testament laws defending slavery and Paul’s statements telling slaves to obey their masters, how could you combat the Southern ministers’ argument?

 

 

3. According to existentialists, when is a choice authentic?

 

 

4. Story Problem: Deal with the following ethical problem based on either Kant’s categorical imperative or Bentham’s utilitarianism. Then give your own opinion.

George Wilson is in charge of interrogating suspected terrorists for the government. He learned from outside sources that one prisoner, Mr. X, knows the location of a dirty bomb planted in a large American city ready to go off in 24 hours. Only Mr. X knows the exact location. After using accepted interrogation techniques, Mr. X still does not disclose the location. George has learned from other sources that Mr. X’s greatest fear is to be blinded. Does George use the threat of blindness to get the information to the location of the bomb? Does he even blind him in one eye to show he is serious?

 

 

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