PHIL 1301 Exam 1 Quiz Questions well
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The most famous part of the Euthyphro dialogue involves Socrates' reply to the suggestion that
piety is what is loved by ALL the gods. How does Socrates reply?
- Socrates points out that the gods often disagree.
- Socrates questions whether the gods really exist.
- Socrates suggests that things are loved by the gods because they are pious, they're not pious
just because they are loved by the gods.
- Socrates says that the gods cannot be trusted because they suffer from the same passions and
irrational desires that humans do. - correct answer ✔✔Socrates suggests that things are loved
by the gods because they are pious, they're not pious just because they are loved by the gods.
Why is Euthyphro at the court?
- To defend his father against a charge of murdering a servant.
- To charge his father with the murder of a servant.
- To charge a servant with the murder of his father.
,- To defend a servant against the charge of murdering his father. - correct answer ✔✔To charge
his father with the murder of a servant.
How does Socrates object to Euthyphro's suggestion that piety is acting like he is, prosecuting
the wrong?
- Socrates says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because Euthyphro
fails to show respect for his father.
- Socrates says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because many people
would disagree that he is acting appropriately.
- Socrates says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because the gods
would disagree that he is acting appropriately
- Socrates says that this is merely an example of piety, but what he wants is a definition that
identifies the general idea that distinguishes piety from impiety. - correct answer ✔✔Socrates
says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because Euthyphro fails to show
respect for his father.
Most of the dialogue involves an attempt to define piety. Which of the following is NOT among
the definitions that Euthyphro offers?
- Doing what I (Euthyphro) am doing, prosecuting wrong.
- That which is loved by the gods.
- Acting in accord with the best interests of the community.
, - Attention to the gods. - correct answer ✔✔Acting in accord with the best interests of the
community.
Plato's Euthyphro is a dialogue between Socrates and a young priest named Euthyphro that
supposedly takes place at the court in which Socrates is soon to be tried. Which of the following
is among the charges that have been brought against Socrates?
- Corruption of the youth.
- Treason against Athens.
- Disrespect of the god Apollo.
- Practicing sophism. - correct answer ✔✔Corruption of the youth.
According to the story that Socrates tells, who initially asserts that "No one is wiser than
Socrates."
- Meletus
- Euthyphro
- Plato
- The Oracle at Delphi - correct answer ✔✔The Oracle at Delphi
Socrates gives us a couple bits of biographical information scattered throughout the Apology.
Which of the following is NOT among them?
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The most famous part of the Euthyphro dialogue involves Socrates' reply to the suggestion that
piety is what is loved by ALL the gods. How does Socrates reply?
- Socrates points out that the gods often disagree.
- Socrates questions whether the gods really exist.
- Socrates suggests that things are loved by the gods because they are pious, they're not pious
just because they are loved by the gods.
- Socrates says that the gods cannot be trusted because they suffer from the same passions and
irrational desires that humans do. - correct answer ✔✔Socrates suggests that things are loved
by the gods because they are pious, they're not pious just because they are loved by the gods.
Why is Euthyphro at the court?
- To defend his father against a charge of murdering a servant.
- To charge his father with the murder of a servant.
- To charge a servant with the murder of his father.
,- To defend a servant against the charge of murdering his father. - correct answer ✔✔To charge
his father with the murder of a servant.
How does Socrates object to Euthyphro's suggestion that piety is acting like he is, prosecuting
the wrong?
- Socrates says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because Euthyphro
fails to show respect for his father.
- Socrates says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because many people
would disagree that he is acting appropriately.
- Socrates says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because the gods
would disagree that he is acting appropriately
- Socrates says that this is merely an example of piety, but what he wants is a definition that
identifies the general idea that distinguishes piety from impiety. - correct answer ✔✔Socrates
says that Euthyphro's behavior is not a good example of piety, because Euthyphro fails to show
respect for his father.
Most of the dialogue involves an attempt to define piety. Which of the following is NOT among
the definitions that Euthyphro offers?
- Doing what I (Euthyphro) am doing, prosecuting wrong.
- That which is loved by the gods.
- Acting in accord with the best interests of the community.
, - Attention to the gods. - correct answer ✔✔Acting in accord with the best interests of the
community.
Plato's Euthyphro is a dialogue between Socrates and a young priest named Euthyphro that
supposedly takes place at the court in which Socrates is soon to be tried. Which of the following
is among the charges that have been brought against Socrates?
- Corruption of the youth.
- Treason against Athens.
- Disrespect of the god Apollo.
- Practicing sophism. - correct answer ✔✔Corruption of the youth.
According to the story that Socrates tells, who initially asserts that "No one is wiser than
Socrates."
- Meletus
- Euthyphro
- Plato
- The Oracle at Delphi - correct answer ✔✔The Oracle at Delphi
Socrates gives us a couple bits of biographical information scattered throughout the Apology.
Which of the following is NOT among them?
