PHIL 201 Quiz 8.docx final test questions and answers liberty univesrity

PHIL 201 Quiz final test questions and answers liberty univesrity Question 1 3 out of 3 points The branch of ethics that explores answer to the question, "Is abortion morally right or wrong?" is Question 2 3 out of 3 points If you believe that moral facts are mind-dependent then you think they are: Question 3 3 out of 3 points Which branch of ethics asks nonmoral questions about morality? Question 4 3 out of 3 points According to ethical naturalism, moral properties are: Question 5 3 out of 3 points The branch of ethics that explores answer to the question, "What grounds moral facts?" is Question 6 0 out of 3 points Subjectivist metaethical theories are: Question 7 3 out of 3 points According to the atheist Bertrand Russell, if there is no God, then all we can do is build our lives on the firm foundation of unyielding despair. Question 8 3 out of 3 points One advantage of Theism over Platonic Atheism, is that: Question 9 3 out of 3 points Just because an individual (or group of individuals) believe something is the case, that doesn't mean it is the case. Question 10 3 out of 3 points Examples of noncogitivist metaethical theories include: Question 11 3 out of 3 points According to emotivism, "murder is wrong" is understood to mean: Question 12 3 out of 3 points According to simple subjectivism, whatever an individual believes to be true is true (for that person). Question 13 Needs Grading Which metaethical theory holds that morality is subjective and grounded in attitudes? Question 14 0 out of 3 points Which distinction is made among Divine Command Theorists? Question 15 0 out of 3 points Egoism necessarily entails the ideas that one should not help his neighbor and that one should do whatever he/she wants to do. Question 16 3 out of 3 points Normative Ethics is the branch of ethics that: Question 17 0 out of 3 points For MacIntyre, the process of judging the intellectual viability of ethical views is a 3-stage process. Which is NOT one of those stages? Question 18 3 out of 3 points The authors use the quote by Ayn Rand, man “must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to other nor sacrificing other to himself” to describe which ethical theory? Question 19 0 out of 3 points The authors note that because Utilitarianism broadens its concern to all people or an entire community, it is an improvement on Egoism. Question 20 3 out of 3 points Deontological theories are primarily concerned with: Question 21 0 out of 3 points The authors describe the ancient concept eudaimonia (what Aristotle believed to be the end/purpose of every man) as: Question 22 3 out of 3 points A virtue is some positive characteristic of a person that is life- producing, beneficial, or helpful in nature. Question 23 3 out of 3 points In Deontological ethics, “a rule or command that is universally and objectively applicable” is called a: Question 24 3 out of 3 points Which of the following are objections to/weakness of utilitarianism provided by the authors? Question 25 0 out of 3 points Aristotle believed that we can find virtue between the vices of excess and deficiency. This virtuous point in between the vices he called: