ETHICS IN AMERICA DANTES/DSST SAMPLE TEST QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED / VERIFIED ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE

Which of the following philosophers started the Peripatetic School? - ANS Aristotle Socrates was accused of which of these crimes? - ANS corrupting the youth Plato believed which of these to be true about virtue and self-interest? - ANS Everybody always chooses to do the virtuous thing. Plotinus First Principle is best expressed through which two ideas? - ANS unity, oneness Thrasymachus statements express which two modern belief systems? - ANS Moral skepticism and Relativism The Doctrine of Mean was created by which philosopher? - ANS Aristotle In Plato's cave, the normal objects that we see everyday are symbolized by what? - ANS Shadows The Doctrine of Mean can be used for which purpose? - ANS Determining how much is right for us The type of 'mean' that falls between two extremes is which of the following? - ANS Absolute mean How were Jacob and Abraham related? - ANS Abraham was Jacob's ancestor The covenant in the Bible refers to which promise? - ANS God's promise to Abraham A paradox is which of the following? - ANS Something that seems to be contradictory but may be true According to Aquinas, the basis of natural law is which of the following? - ANS The way we naturally are The two classes of duties, according to Kant, are which of the following? - ANS Duties to oneself and duties to others Aquinas three natural inclinations are which of the following? - ANS Inclinations to self-preservation, reproduction and reason The power given to the people increased according to which order of philosophers? - ANS Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau The first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence give an account of what? - ANS inalienable rights Who said "government is best which governs not at all"? - ANS Henry David Thoreau Rousseau believed which of the following? - ANS People were hurting themselves by making independent associations John Rawls invented his two principles on what basis? - ANS Everyone would choose these principles if they were ignorant of individual status John Rawls supported which philosopher's theory of morality? - ANS Immanuel Kant Three virtue ethicists that we have discussed so far are which of the following? - ANS Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas