Houston Community College

PHIL 1301

1)If Socrates had said that piety is whatever the individual thinks it is, Socrates would have been endorsing what position?

2. Anytus says any Athenian can teach virtue. Suppose he said that because he

thinks culture determines what is right or wrong. What position would he have been endorsing?

3. Euthyphro suggests they should look for propositions that all the gods think are right. What philosopher suggests we are able to do precisely the same thing at the level of culture?
4.   If there is a false premise in the argument for Cultural Relativism, then the argument for relativism is what?
5. Socrates was executed for impiety. He seemed to reject the values of Athens. Benedict would predict that the Athenians would have deemed him to be what?
6. Here is an argument from Socrates: A - Prayer and sacrifices make sense only if the Gods

can benefit from prayer and sacrifice. B - The Gods cannot benefit from our actions. C - Prayer and sacrifices do not make sense. What do we call A and B?

7. What is the conclusion here?
8. The conclusion in that argument (the one linked to 6 and 7) must follow from the

premises. That means the argument is what?

9. Which of these can be true or false? A - An argument; B - a proposition

10. Why can't this be an argument? "I must go now."

11. Suppose Socrates takes disagreement among the gods to show

that there is no universal truth

in ethics. His argument would parallel which argument(s) that we have encountered?

12. What is a normative proposition?
13. What is a descriptive proposition?
14. Moral propositions are descriptive. True or False

15. If the answer to some particular question exists independent of opinion, then the question is what?

16. If I believe some proposition is false, but the proposition is true, then my belief is what?
17. If a proposition does not correspond to reality, then the proposition is what?
18. Does a fact need to be proven in philosophy?
19. What is the difference between a fact and an opinion in philosophy?