PHI 361 (questions well answered)
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Which of these requires us to reject Egoism?
a. balancing our interest and the interest of others in our decision making?
B. All of these constitute a rejection of Egoism.
C. Requiring decisions to be altruistic.
D. Eliminating self-interest from ethical decision making. - correct answer ✔✔B. All of these
constitutes a rejection of Egoism?
"Well sure the police shot an unarmed man who was offering no resistance, but that man did
rob a convenience store earlier that day" is an example of which fallacy?
A. Appeal to authority
B. Ad misericordiam
C. Red Herring
D. Slippery slope - correct answer ✔✔C. Red Herring?
"I understand your concerns, but I've had both the accountants and lawyers look at this and
they don't see anything wrong here so just do it" is best an example of
A. Dogmatism
B. Red Herring Fallacy
C. Relativism
D. Egoism - correct answer ✔✔Dogmatism?
Philosophy is
A. The art of interpretation
,B. Love of wisdom
C. Anything we believe
D. Superior to logic - correct answer ✔✔B. Love of wisdom
Regarding the law and morality
A. If something is legal that it is moral
B. If something is highly immoral it tends to become illegal
C. The law is always connected to morality
D. If something is moral then it is legal - correct answer ✔✔B. If something is highly immoral it
tends to become illegal
Red Herring - correct answer ✔✔Irrelevant claim that distracts fr"om real issue
Ad Hominem - correct answer ✔✔personal attack
Post Hoc ergo propter hoc - correct answer ✔✔after this therefore because of this
Ad misericordiam - correct answer ✔✔argument from misery/pity
Bandwagon fallacy - correct answer ✔✔everyone else is doing it
Dicto simpliciter - correct answer ✔✔sweeping generalization
Circular reasoning - correct answer ✔✔beginning by assuming,ing what you will end with. A is
true because B is true and B is true because A is true
, Appeal to authority - correct answer ✔✔Argument that this authority said something therefore
it is true
Slippery slope - correct answer ✔✔argument about something major that will (may) happen
because of something small we do today
Appeal to force - correct answer ✔✔do it my way or else!
satisfactory - correct answer ✔✔it may not be the best action but it certainly passes as the
moral minimum
supererogatory - correct answer ✔✔above and beyond the call of duty
moral theories - correct answer ✔✔attempts to clarify the boundaries between immorality, the
moral minimum and supererogation
ethics - correct answer ✔✔the study of morality and "morality" attempts to answer
1. what is the right thing to do
2. what is the right sort of person to be
relationship between law and morality - correct answer ✔✔What the law allows or prohibits is
not conclusive of what is morally right or wrong. Each law is still subject to the question of
whether it is a moral law or an immoral law.
Widely held moral views are often reflected in laws that enforce those moral views. Hence, if
something is deemed moral or immoral it gives some reason for us to change laws to reflect
what we should or shouldn't be allowed to do.
Determining something is immoral does not necessarily mean that it ought to be illegal. Though
law does reflect widely held moral views, law making must take into account the practical costs
and difficulties of enforcement in determining if something should be illegal.
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Which of these requires us to reject Egoism?
a. balancing our interest and the interest of others in our decision making?
B. All of these constitute a rejection of Egoism.
C. Requiring decisions to be altruistic.
D. Eliminating self-interest from ethical decision making. - correct answer ✔✔B. All of these
constitutes a rejection of Egoism?
"Well sure the police shot an unarmed man who was offering no resistance, but that man did
rob a convenience store earlier that day" is an example of which fallacy?
A. Appeal to authority
B. Ad misericordiam
C. Red Herring
D. Slippery slope - correct answer ✔✔C. Red Herring?
"I understand your concerns, but I've had both the accountants and lawyers look at this and
they don't see anything wrong here so just do it" is best an example of
A. Dogmatism
B. Red Herring Fallacy
C. Relativism
D. Egoism - correct answer ✔✔Dogmatism?
Philosophy is
A. The art of interpretation
,B. Love of wisdom
C. Anything we believe
D. Superior to logic - correct answer ✔✔B. Love of wisdom
Regarding the law and morality
A. If something is legal that it is moral
B. If something is highly immoral it tends to become illegal
C. The law is always connected to morality
D. If something is moral then it is legal - correct answer ✔✔B. If something is highly immoral it
tends to become illegal
Red Herring - correct answer ✔✔Irrelevant claim that distracts fr"om real issue
Ad Hominem - correct answer ✔✔personal attack
Post Hoc ergo propter hoc - correct answer ✔✔after this therefore because of this
Ad misericordiam - correct answer ✔✔argument from misery/pity
Bandwagon fallacy - correct answer ✔✔everyone else is doing it
Dicto simpliciter - correct answer ✔✔sweeping generalization
Circular reasoning - correct answer ✔✔beginning by assuming,ing what you will end with. A is
true because B is true and B is true because A is true
, Appeal to authority - correct answer ✔✔Argument that this authority said something therefore
it is true
Slippery slope - correct answer ✔✔argument about something major that will (may) happen
because of something small we do today
Appeal to force - correct answer ✔✔do it my way or else!
satisfactory - correct answer ✔✔it may not be the best action but it certainly passes as the
moral minimum
supererogatory - correct answer ✔✔above and beyond the call of duty
moral theories - correct answer ✔✔attempts to clarify the boundaries between immorality, the
moral minimum and supererogation
ethics - correct answer ✔✔the study of morality and "morality" attempts to answer
1. what is the right thing to do
2. what is the right sort of person to be
relationship between law and morality - correct answer ✔✔What the law allows or prohibits is
not conclusive of what is morally right or wrong. Each law is still subject to the question of
whether it is a moral law or an immoral law.
Widely held moral views are often reflected in laws that enforce those moral views. Hence, if
something is deemed moral or immoral it gives some reason for us to change laws to reflect
what we should or shouldn't be allowed to do.
Determining something is immoral does not necessarily mean that it ought to be illegal. Though
law does reflect widely held moral views, law making must take into account the practical costs
and difficulties of enforcement in determining if something should be illegal.
