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HUM 120 FINAL EXAM Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question:Declaration of Independence
Ans: Legal document separating US from GB (Us becomes independent from
US)
Called out king of GB (George 3rd) as tyrant (right to abolish destructive
governments) ie: imposing taxes without consent, cutting off trade, refuse
migration/population of states
Construction of rights and ideals (peace, alliances, commerce, war)
Foundation for new US government
Question: moralistic therapeutic Deism (MTD)
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Ans: Christian Smith (author)
Belief about being a good person, bettering yourself, being happy and feeling
good about yourself,
Moralistic: Be a good person
Therapeutic: Do good things to feel good about yourself (be a good person
because it makes you feel good)
Deism: distant God, God will make sure nothing bad happens
Defacto, functional, practical, tacit: not a particular list of beliefs rather how
you live it out.
Question: Banality of evil
Ans: Concept in Hannah Arendt's writing about Nazi germany
Reversal of right and wrong
lost temptation of sin (cause good is evil and evil is good, ie: tempted not to
murder or to hate),
evil becomes commonplace as the conscience becomes reversed
Critique of enlightenment - you can be super intelligent and still be
unbelievably evil
Question: Natural selection
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Ans: Scientific concept, Darwinian theory
"selection" that occur in nature in which species with stronger/better genes
survive, means for preservation,
Species with less advantageous genes die off, survival of the fittest
Question: Marxism
Ans: Political theory developed by karl marx
Envisions a society without classes
Struggle between proletariat and bourgeoisie
Everyone should benefit from their work
-proletariats must revolt
Question: Eugenics
HUM 120 FINAL EXAM Questions with
Detailed Verified Answers
Question:Declaration of Independence
Ans: Legal document separating US from GB (Us becomes independent from
US)
Called out king of GB (George 3rd) as tyrant (right to abolish destructive
governments) ie: imposing taxes without consent, cutting off trade, refuse
migration/population of states
Construction of rights and ideals (peace, alliances, commerce, war)
Foundation for new US government
Question: moralistic therapeutic Deism (MTD)
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Ans: Christian Smith (author)
Belief about being a good person, bettering yourself, being happy and feeling
good about yourself,
Moralistic: Be a good person
Therapeutic: Do good things to feel good about yourself (be a good person
because it makes you feel good)
Deism: distant God, God will make sure nothing bad happens
Defacto, functional, practical, tacit: not a particular list of beliefs rather how
you live it out.
Question: Banality of evil
Ans: Concept in Hannah Arendt's writing about Nazi germany
Reversal of right and wrong
lost temptation of sin (cause good is evil and evil is good, ie: tempted not to
murder or to hate),
evil becomes commonplace as the conscience becomes reversed
Critique of enlightenment - you can be super intelligent and still be
unbelievably evil
Question: Natural selection
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Ans: Scientific concept, Darwinian theory
"selection" that occur in nature in which species with stronger/better genes
survive, means for preservation,
Species with less advantageous genes die off, survival of the fittest
Question: Marxism
Ans: Political theory developed by karl marx
Envisions a society without classes
Struggle between proletariat and bourgeoisie
Everyone should benefit from their work
-proletariats must revolt
Question: Eugenics
