PHIL 335 Final Exam (With complete solution)

Utilitarianism is a kind of consequentialist moral theory correct answers True The Euthyphro dilemma is a problem for consequentialist moral theories. correct answers False Moral theories are not totally focused on what is right or wrong, they also focus on what is good. correct answers True This moral theory focuses heavily on what kind of people we are, and it is meant, in part, to help us avoid vice: correct answers virtue ethics According to this moral theory, if a culture decides some action is right, then it is the case that the action is right; moreover, this can change from culture to culture: correct answers Cultural Relativism What are the four parts of philosophy? correct answers Metaphysics, Epistemology, Logic, Ethics This philosophical discipline (one of the four parts) focuses on arguments, their form, what makes them work, etc.: correct answers Logic This philosophical discipline (one of the four parts) focuses on what constitutes knowledge: correct answers Epistemology Kantian Ethics is a kind of deontological moral theory. correct answers True At the very heart of Kantian ethics is what he called the "Categorical correct answers Imperative One criterion a person might use in evaluating moral theories is "Explanatory correct answers power/scope Thomas Aquinas's Doctrine of Double Effect is a utilitarian principle focusing on the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people. correct answers False For Aquinas, whether human life is valuable depends mostly on Kant's "Humanity Formulation." correct answers False According to Thomas Hobbes, the value of a human being is based on what someone else might pay for them at an auction (i.e., what they would fetch at an open market). correct answers True According to Epicurus, death is nothing and therefore should not be feared. correct answers True The view that pleasure (good feelings like happiness, peace, accomplishment) is the ultimate good and that pain (bad feelings like sadness, frustration, rejection) is the ultimate bad is a view called: correct answers utilitarianism