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PHIL 1100 COMPLETE LATEST ACTUAL
EXAM 1 SET WITH QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT/VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
Intrinsic value - correct answer-✅something worth pursuing for it's own sake, whose goodness is self-
contained, something valuable in its own right, even if it brings nothing else in its wake
Example of intrinsic value - correct answer-✅pleasure and happiness
Instrumental value - correct answer-✅these things pave the way to a better life - they make it possible,
and may, in some cases, even be indispensable to it
Example of instrumental value - correct answer-✅chocolate, sturdy shoes, vacations, lots of money
Hedonism - correct answer-✅a life is good to the extent that it is filled with pleasure and free of pain
What do hedonists claim as the intrinsic value? - correct answer-✅Happiness (understood as
enjoyment)
What do hedonists claim as the instrumental value? - correct answer-✅if such things generate no
benefits - vaccination fails or you hate chocolate - then there is nothing valuable about them
Two fundamental kinds of pleasure? - correct answer-✅1. Physical pleasure
2. Attitudinal pleasure (enjoyment)
Physical pleasures - correct answer-✅being happy in the moment
example: tasting an apple
Attitudinal pleasures - correct answer-✅the positive attitude of enjoyment (something you don't feel
physically
example: CU getting a touchdown
It is often claimed that hedonism allows for many types of valuable life and that if hedonism is true, then
what benefits us is "up to us." How would a hedonist defend these two claims? - correct answer-✅what
makes us happy is largely a matter of personal choice. As a result, we get plenty of input into what makes
our lives go well.
Most people would not desire their loved ones to get lobotomies, even if such a procedure would make
the loved ones happier as a result. Explain how this fact might be taken to raise a challenge to hedonism.
How do you think the hedonist would respond? - correct answer-✅
Briefly describe an example of an intuitively valuable life (it can be someone you know personally or
someone you just know of). Explain what makes their life valuable. Does Hedonism do a good job of
capturing all the dimensions of value in the life in your example? Why or why not? - correct answer-✅
Getting a vaccine that prevents illness is an example of something that is - correct answer-
✅instrumentally valuable
If something is intrinsically valuable, then it must - correct answer-✅be valuable for its own sake
According to hedonism, the key ingredient to a good life is - correct answer-✅happiness
An example of a physical pleasure would be the - correct answer-✅sensation of a relaxing back massage
The first great hedonist in Western philosophy was - correct answer-✅Epicurus
According to hedonism, - correct answer-✅-there are many different ways to live a good life.
-what is good for us is largely a matter of personal choice.
-most rules for living a good life have exceptions
Some people enjoy their own physical pain in certain circumstances. Hedonists would say that - correct
answer-✅their physical pain is good for them in those circumstances
The fact that parents typically want their children to be happy - correct answer-✅doesn't prove that
hedonism is either true or false

, The fact that we don't want our (cognitively normal) loved ones to get lobotomies is - correct answer-
✅thought to raise a problem for hedonism
John Stuart Mill's critics claimed that hedonism was - correct answer-✅"a doctrine of swine"
According to Epicurus, the ideal state of tranquility comes largely from - correct answer-✅- moderation
in all physical matters
- intellectual clarity about what is truly important
According to Mill, - correct answer-✅intellectual and artistic pleasures are better than physical
pleasures
To say that something is instrumentally valuable means that it is - correct answer-✅good because it
helps us to achieve some other good
A theory of well-being is supposed to tell us - correct answer-✅which things are intrinsically good for us
Which of the following does the hedonist believe is intrinsically valuable? - correct answer-✅the
happiness that accompanies being healthy
Hedonists make an important distinction between _________ and _________ pleasure. - correct answer-
✅physical; attitudinal
Who is widely regarded as the first great hedonist in Western philosophy? - correct answer-✅Epicurus
Hedonists typically support the claim that happiness has intrinsic value by - correct answer-✅claiming it
is self-evident and is a starting point for thinking about well being
How do hedonists regard most rules about how to live a good life? - correct answer-✅Many such rules
are useful, but they have exceptions
What would a hedonist say about a person who sometimes enjoyed his or her own pain? - correct
answer-✅pain would sometimes be good for such a person
What is the point of Philippa Foot's example about the lobotomized patients? - correct answer-✅people
with lobotomies are sometimes happy, and this is a problem for hedonism
According to hedonism, your life is good for you to the extent that you - correct answer-✅experience
pleasure and avoid pain
Describe the paradox of hedonism - correct answer-✅those who try really hard to make themselves
happier almost never succeed
The paradox of hedonism states that - correct answer-✅directly seeking happiness is often self-
defeating
If hedonism is true, then the enjoyment a serial killer derives from committing his crimes is - correct
answer-✅good for him
Ross's "Two Worlds" objection asks us to imagine two worlds that are alike in ___________ and differ in
____________. - correct answer-✅total happiness; whether people are virtuous or vicious
Hedonism is a theory about the value of - correct answer-✅lives for the people who lead them.
Autonomy is the - correct answer-✅The power to guide our life through our own free choices
The experience machine thought experiment is supposed to show that happiness is less valuable if it is
based on - correct answer-✅false beliefs
According to hedonism, a pleasant life of illusion is ___________ an equally pleasant life based on real
achievement and true beliefs - correct answer-✅equally good as
The value of autonomy explains why paternalism is - correct answer-✅always objectionable, even when
it is justified
According to the text, the problem with the Paradox of Hedonism Argument is that it is - correct answer-
✅questionable whether hedonism implies that it is rational to directly pursue happiness
If happiness always makes us better off, then hedonism - correct answer-✅might be false if other things
make us better off as well
If people can sometimes be unhappy because something bad has happened to them, then hedonism -
correct answer-✅is false

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