RLGN 105 Midterm Dr. Matthews questions with
verified answers
"There are no absolutes" is an absolute,
Two opposing views cannot be both right at the same time,
The moment a relativist truss to get you to believe their position they have
CONTRADICTED their position,
Generally, people want to live by a SUBJECTIVE morality but what to be TREATED
according to an OBJECTIVE morality,
Denying God and moral absolutes is often a strategy for guilt free permissiveness
Ans✓✓✓ Problems with subjective relativism
1) cultural relativism is anything you can justify morally correct is correct.
2) subjective relativism is based on personal feeling if you feel something is
correct it is correct.
3) conventional relativism is the majority rules. If society says it's okay then it's
okay. Ans✓✓✓ What is the basic difference been 1) cultural relativism, 2)
subjective relativism 3) conventional relativism
1st week 10% reduction,
2nd week 20% reduction,
3rd week no longer accepted Ans✓✓✓ Late assignment policy
2 test.
15 quizzes.
3 papers. Ans✓✓✓ How many test and quizzes
, 5 days to make it up.
Go to tutoring and testing center in demos 1080C. Have a request excused
absence form sign by prof to take test. Makes an appointment to retake test
within 5 days.
Unexcused = automatic 11% reduction Ans✓✓✓ What do you do if you miss a
test?
Absolute truth Ans✓✓✓ Whatever is true at one time and at one place is true at
all times and at all places
Absolute truth Ans✓✓✓ Whatever is true at one time and at one place is true at
all times and at all places. What is true for one person is true for all persons. Truth
is true whether we become it or not. Truth is discovered or it is revealed. It is not
invented by a culture or by religious men.
Ad hominem Ans✓✓✓ To the man. Seeking to discredit a person's argument by
attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc
Anthropocentric Ans✓✓✓ Man is the central focus
appeal to false authority Ans✓✓✓ Appealing to the opinion of a person who
agrees with yours because they are generally respected by the audience but have
no real authority on the topic at hand
Appeal to ignorance Ans✓✓✓ Claiming that something is true simply because it
cannot be disproved or that something is untrue because it cannot be proved
verified answers
"There are no absolutes" is an absolute,
Two opposing views cannot be both right at the same time,
The moment a relativist truss to get you to believe their position they have
CONTRADICTED their position,
Generally, people want to live by a SUBJECTIVE morality but what to be TREATED
according to an OBJECTIVE morality,
Denying God and moral absolutes is often a strategy for guilt free permissiveness
Ans✓✓✓ Problems with subjective relativism
1) cultural relativism is anything you can justify morally correct is correct.
2) subjective relativism is based on personal feeling if you feel something is
correct it is correct.
3) conventional relativism is the majority rules. If society says it's okay then it's
okay. Ans✓✓✓ What is the basic difference been 1) cultural relativism, 2)
subjective relativism 3) conventional relativism
1st week 10% reduction,
2nd week 20% reduction,
3rd week no longer accepted Ans✓✓✓ Late assignment policy
2 test.
15 quizzes.
3 papers. Ans✓✓✓ How many test and quizzes
, 5 days to make it up.
Go to tutoring and testing center in demos 1080C. Have a request excused
absence form sign by prof to take test. Makes an appointment to retake test
within 5 days.
Unexcused = automatic 11% reduction Ans✓✓✓ What do you do if you miss a
test?
Absolute truth Ans✓✓✓ Whatever is true at one time and at one place is true at
all times and at all places
Absolute truth Ans✓✓✓ Whatever is true at one time and at one place is true at
all times and at all places. What is true for one person is true for all persons. Truth
is true whether we become it or not. Truth is discovered or it is revealed. It is not
invented by a culture or by religious men.
Ad hominem Ans✓✓✓ To the man. Seeking to discredit a person's argument by
attacking their personal character, origin, associations, etc
Anthropocentric Ans✓✓✓ Man is the central focus
appeal to false authority Ans✓✓✓ Appealing to the opinion of a person who
agrees with yours because they are generally respected by the audience but have
no real authority on the topic at hand
Appeal to ignorance Ans✓✓✓ Claiming that something is true simply because it
cannot be disproved or that something is untrue because it cannot be proved
