NEMCC: Philosophy: Midterm Quiz Questions
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a fool satisfied Ans✓✓✓Mill declares that it is better to be Socrates
dissatisfied than
actually exists. Ans✓✓✓Rowe argues that we can allow someone to
define God anyway she wants, yet it will not follow from that definition
that such a being
all concerned. Ans✓✓✓Utilitarianism says that right actions are those
that produce the greatest happiness for
an unhealthy soul Ans✓✓✓According to Socrates, a clear sign that a
person has __________ is her exclusive pursuit of social status, wealth,
power, and pleasure.
arguments Ans✓✓✓Philosophers provide reasons for thinking their
ideas are plausible—that is, they give us
cannot evolve a biological system. Ans✓✓✓According to Behe, the
gradual accumulation of mutations
cannot exist. Ans✓✓✓Craig says an actually infinite number of things
, consequentialist Ans✓✓✓Moral theories that say that the rightness of
actions depends solely on their consequences are
consequentialist Ans✓✓✓Moral theories that say that the rightness of
actions depends solely on their consequences are.
consistency with our considered moral judgments. Ans✓✓✓An
important moral criterion of adequacy is known as
consistency with our considered moral judgments. Ans✓✓✓An
important moral criterion of adequacy is known as.
Darwinian evolution. Ans✓✓✓Behe says that an irreducibly complex
biological system would be a powerful challenge to
determine which pleasure most experienced people prefer.
Ans✓✓✓According to Mill, to determine whether one pleasure is more
valuable than another, we must
enjoyments. Ans✓✓✓Mill says that the ultimate end of utilitarianism is
an existence as free of pain as possible and as rich as possible in
equally plausible. Ans✓✓✓For subjectivists, everyone's moral views
are
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a fool satisfied Ans✓✓✓Mill declares that it is better to be Socrates
dissatisfied than
actually exists. Ans✓✓✓Rowe argues that we can allow someone to
define God anyway she wants, yet it will not follow from that definition
that such a being
all concerned. Ans✓✓✓Utilitarianism says that right actions are those
that produce the greatest happiness for
an unhealthy soul Ans✓✓✓According to Socrates, a clear sign that a
person has __________ is her exclusive pursuit of social status, wealth,
power, and pleasure.
arguments Ans✓✓✓Philosophers provide reasons for thinking their
ideas are plausible—that is, they give us
cannot evolve a biological system. Ans✓✓✓According to Behe, the
gradual accumulation of mutations
cannot exist. Ans✓✓✓Craig says an actually infinite number of things
, consequentialist Ans✓✓✓Moral theories that say that the rightness of
actions depends solely on their consequences are
consequentialist Ans✓✓✓Moral theories that say that the rightness of
actions depends solely on their consequences are.
consistency with our considered moral judgments. Ans✓✓✓An
important moral criterion of adequacy is known as
consistency with our considered moral judgments. Ans✓✓✓An
important moral criterion of adequacy is known as.
Darwinian evolution. Ans✓✓✓Behe says that an irreducibly complex
biological system would be a powerful challenge to
determine which pleasure most experienced people prefer.
Ans✓✓✓According to Mill, to determine whether one pleasure is more
valuable than another, we must
enjoyments. Ans✓✓✓Mill says that the ultimate end of utilitarianism is
an existence as free of pain as possible and as rich as possible in
equally plausible. Ans✓✓✓For subjectivists, everyone's moral views
are
