PHIL 1100 – COMPLETE LATEST EXAM 1
BASED ACTUAL SET WITH QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT/VERIFIED ANSWERS
logic - correct answer-✅study of correct reasoning
a.k.a separating good bits of arguments from bad
statement - correct answer-✅sentence describing world in certain way
either true or false
truth - correct answer-✅the world is actually the way the statement says it is
argument - correct answer-✅sequence of statements, ending with a conclusion statement that follows
from the others (premises)
what are the three main areas of ethics? - correct answer-✅metaethics
normative ethics
practical ethics
metaethics - correct answer-✅attempting to discover
(i) meanings of moral claims
(ii) nature of moral facts (if any exist)
(iii) how we can know moral facts
normative ethics - correct answer-✅attempting to discover correct moral principles
main focus of class
practical ethics - correct answer-✅attempting to discover answers to specific moral questions
what is the fundamental project of normative ethics? - correct answer-✅to discover a fully general
moral theory; a statement of necessary and sufficient conditions for an act's being morally right
what are the three main areas of NORMATIVE ethics? - correct answer-✅behavior (actions)
axiology (affairs)
virtue-vice theory (person)
the normative ethics of behavior - correct answer-✅the attempt to discover what makes an action right
or wrong
... of axiology - correct answer-✅the attempt to discover what makes states of affairs (e.g. people's
lives, certain situations) good or bad
... of virtue-vice theory - correct answer-✅the attempt to discover what makes a person a good person
or a bad person
moral principle - correct answer-✅statement saying that some kind of action is always morally right
(wrong, or obligatory).
example of moral principle - correct answer-✅KSP: it is wrong to kill one person to save another
moral theories - correct answer-✅fully general moral principles
explains, for any possible action, why it has the moral status it has
form for moral theories - correct answer-✅"an action is morally right if and only if..."
example of moral theory (10C) - correct answer-✅10C: An act is morally right if and only if it does not
violate any of the Ten Commandments
what is a "valid" argument? - correct answer-✅if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false.
can an argument with a false conclusion be valid? example? (red dog) - correct answer-✅IF the
premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false. the premises can be completely false, but if the
conclusion is considered true under those premises, it's valid. NOT A COMMENT ON TRUTH, JUST
STRUCTURE.
BASED ACTUAL SET WITH QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT/VERIFIED ANSWERS
logic - correct answer-✅study of correct reasoning
a.k.a separating good bits of arguments from bad
statement - correct answer-✅sentence describing world in certain way
either true or false
truth - correct answer-✅the world is actually the way the statement says it is
argument - correct answer-✅sequence of statements, ending with a conclusion statement that follows
from the others (premises)
what are the three main areas of ethics? - correct answer-✅metaethics
normative ethics
practical ethics
metaethics - correct answer-✅attempting to discover
(i) meanings of moral claims
(ii) nature of moral facts (if any exist)
(iii) how we can know moral facts
normative ethics - correct answer-✅attempting to discover correct moral principles
main focus of class
practical ethics - correct answer-✅attempting to discover answers to specific moral questions
what is the fundamental project of normative ethics? - correct answer-✅to discover a fully general
moral theory; a statement of necessary and sufficient conditions for an act's being morally right
what are the three main areas of NORMATIVE ethics? - correct answer-✅behavior (actions)
axiology (affairs)
virtue-vice theory (person)
the normative ethics of behavior - correct answer-✅the attempt to discover what makes an action right
or wrong
... of axiology - correct answer-✅the attempt to discover what makes states of affairs (e.g. people's
lives, certain situations) good or bad
... of virtue-vice theory - correct answer-✅the attempt to discover what makes a person a good person
or a bad person
moral principle - correct answer-✅statement saying that some kind of action is always morally right
(wrong, or obligatory).
example of moral principle - correct answer-✅KSP: it is wrong to kill one person to save another
moral theories - correct answer-✅fully general moral principles
explains, for any possible action, why it has the moral status it has
form for moral theories - correct answer-✅"an action is morally right if and only if..."
example of moral theory (10C) - correct answer-✅10C: An act is morally right if and only if it does not
violate any of the Ten Commandments
what is a "valid" argument? - correct answer-✅if the premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false.
can an argument with a false conclusion be valid? example? (red dog) - correct answer-✅IF the
premises are true, the conclusion cannot be false. the premises can be completely false, but if the
conclusion is considered true under those premises, it's valid. NOT A COMMENT ON TRUTH, JUST
STRUCTURE.
