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PHI 115 Exam 1 2025 update|comprehensive
questions and verified answers (complete solutions)
Exam|GRADE A+!!
According to Christopher Phillips, the Socratic Method "compels us to explore
alternative perspectives, asking what must be said for or against each". -
..(answers)..True
All norms are moral norms. - ..(answers)..False
Assume that human life is intrinsically valuable. Which of these conclusions is
BEST supported by that assumption? - ..(answers)..Whatever helps humans stay
alive is instrumentally valuable.
Many great religious thinkers have relied on reason to understand the truths of
morality. - ..(answers)..True
The principle of universalizability demands that a moral statement that applies to
one situation must apply in - ..(answers)..all other situations that are relevantly
similar.
Which of the following BEST summarizes the Euthyphro dilemma that Socrates
raises for divine command theory? - ..(answers)..Either actions are morally right
because God wills them to be so, or God commands actions because they are
right, and both options lead to problems for divine command theory.
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There are never any good reasons for treating someone differently from the way
we treat others. - ..(answers)..False
Feelings do not play an important role in our moral experience. -
..(answers)..False
What does it mean if something is instrumentally valuable? - ..(answers)..It is a
means to obtaining something intrinsically valuable
Religious moral codes typically provide clear and direct answers to all moral
questions. - ..(answers)..False
Which field studies the moral principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions
and judgments? - ..(answers)..normative ethics
What is descriptive ethics? - ..(answers)..the scientific study of moral beliefs and
practices
Ethics, or moral philosophy, is - ..(answers)..the philosophical study of topics such
as right and wrong, good and bad
Which of the following is a reason that religious believers need to do ethics? -
..(answers)..Religious rules of conduct sometimes conflict with each other or with
our beliefs.
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Which of the following statements BEST summarizes what the author describes as
important features of ethics? - ..(answers)..Ethics requires that we be able to give
good reasons for our judgments, especially when we judge that two people
should be treated differently.
Which field would study the following question: "What does it mean for an action
to be wrong?" - ..(answers)..metaethics
Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the disadvantages of trying
to avoid doing ethics? - ..(answers)..You will not really be in control of your own
choices, and you will run a risk of being lost if your moral beliefs do not answer
certain questions.
All major religious thinkers have accepted the divine command theory. -
..(answers)..False
What is the dominance of moral norms? - ..(answers)..that moral norms override
nonmoral norms when there is a conflict
Which of the following is required by the principle of impartiality? - ..(answers)..to
justify any discriminatory treatment by providing morally relevant differences
If I say that violence is never morally permissible, and you say that violence is
sometimes morally permissible, then which statement is true according to
subjective relativism? - ..(answers)..We are not having a moral disagreement.
PHI 115 Exam 1 2025 update|comprehensive
questions and verified answers (complete solutions)
Exam|GRADE A+!!
According to Christopher Phillips, the Socratic Method "compels us to explore
alternative perspectives, asking what must be said for or against each". -
..(answers)..True
All norms are moral norms. - ..(answers)..False
Assume that human life is intrinsically valuable. Which of these conclusions is
BEST supported by that assumption? - ..(answers)..Whatever helps humans stay
alive is instrumentally valuable.
Many great religious thinkers have relied on reason to understand the truths of
morality. - ..(answers)..True
The principle of universalizability demands that a moral statement that applies to
one situation must apply in - ..(answers)..all other situations that are relevantly
similar.
Which of the following BEST summarizes the Euthyphro dilemma that Socrates
raises for divine command theory? - ..(answers)..Either actions are morally right
because God wills them to be so, or God commands actions because they are
right, and both options lead to problems for divine command theory.
,2
There are never any good reasons for treating someone differently from the way
we treat others. - ..(answers)..False
Feelings do not play an important role in our moral experience. -
..(answers)..False
What does it mean if something is instrumentally valuable? - ..(answers)..It is a
means to obtaining something intrinsically valuable
Religious moral codes typically provide clear and direct answers to all moral
questions. - ..(answers)..False
Which field studies the moral principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions
and judgments? - ..(answers)..normative ethics
What is descriptive ethics? - ..(answers)..the scientific study of moral beliefs and
practices
Ethics, or moral philosophy, is - ..(answers)..the philosophical study of topics such
as right and wrong, good and bad
Which of the following is a reason that religious believers need to do ethics? -
..(answers)..Religious rules of conduct sometimes conflict with each other or with
our beliefs.
, 3
Which of the following statements BEST summarizes what the author describes as
important features of ethics? - ..(answers)..Ethics requires that we be able to give
good reasons for our judgments, especially when we judge that two people
should be treated differently.
Which field would study the following question: "What does it mean for an action
to be wrong?" - ..(answers)..metaethics
Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the disadvantages of trying
to avoid doing ethics? - ..(answers)..You will not really be in control of your own
choices, and you will run a risk of being lost if your moral beliefs do not answer
certain questions.
All major religious thinkers have accepted the divine command theory. -
..(answers)..False
What is the dominance of moral norms? - ..(answers)..that moral norms override
nonmoral norms when there is a conflict
Which of the following is required by the principle of impartiality? - ..(answers)..to
justify any discriminatory treatment by providing morally relevant differences
If I say that violence is never morally permissible, and you say that violence is
sometimes morally permissible, then which statement is true according to
subjective relativism? - ..(answers)..We are not having a moral disagreement.
