PHI 220 Fundamentals of Ethics Practice Quiz With Correct Answers

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Fundamentals
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of Ethics Practice Quiz With Correct Answers
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1.What //does //it //mean //to //say //that //something //is //instrumentally //valuable?

// a. //It //is //good //for //its //own //sake. //

// b. //It //is //good //because //it //helps //us //to //achieve //some //other //good. //

// c. //It //is //good //both //for //its //own //sake //and //for //what //it //helps //us //to //achieve. //
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/d. /
/It /


/is /


/useful /


/to /


/think /


/it /


/is /


/valuable, /


/even //if //it //isn't //really //valuable. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔b. //It //is //good //because //it //helps


//us //to //achieve //some //other //good




2.What //is //a //theory //of //well-being //supposed //to //tell //us?

// a. //Which //policies //will //make //people //better //off. //

// b. //Why //we //ought //to //try //to //make //other //people's //lives //better. //

// c. //Which //things //are //instrumentally //good //for //us. //
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/d. /
/Which /


/things /

,/are //intrinsically //good //for //us. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //Which //things //are //intrinsically
//good //for //us..




3.Which //of //the //following //does //the //hedonist //believe //is //intrinsically //valuable?

// a. //The //pain //of //exercising. //

// b. //The //good //health //that //is //a //result //of //exercise. //

// c. //The //happiness //that //accompanies //being //healthy. //
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/d. /
/All /


/of /


/the /


/above. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔c. //The //happiness //that //accompanies //being //healthy..




4.Which //of //the //following //is //an //important //distinction //for //hedonists?

// a. //Present //vs. //future //pleasure. //

// b. //Physical //vs. //attitudinal //pleasure. //

// c. //Aesthetic //vs. //emotional //pleasure. //
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/d. /
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/vs. //synthetic //pleasure //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔b. //Physical //vs. //attitudinal //pleasure..




5.Who //is //widely //regarded //as //the //first //great //hedonist //in //Western //philosophy?

// a. //Plato //

// b. //Aristotle //

// c. //John //Stuart //Mill //

// d. //Epicurus //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d. //Epicurus



6.Which //of //the //following //is //an //attraction //of //hedonism?

,// a. //It //allows //us //to //explain //why //people //fear //lobotomies. //

// b. //Accepting //it //frees //us //from //moral //obligations //to //others. //

// c. //It //explains //why //there //are //many //different //types //of //good //life. //
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/d. /
/All /


/of /


/the /


/above. //- /


/CORRECT /


/ANSWERS(S)✔✔c. //It //explains //why //there //are //many //different //types //of //good //life..




7.How //do //hedonists //typically //support //the //claim //that //happiness //has //intrinsic //value?

// a. //They //claim //that //it //can //be //proven //on //the //basis //of //other //principles. //

// b. //They //admit //it //cannot //be //proven, //but //must //be //accepted //based //on //faith. //

// c. //They //claim //it //is //self-evident, //and //is //a //starting //point //for //thinking //about //well-being. //
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/d. /
/They /


/admit /


/that /


/it /


/is /


/not /


/true, /


/but /


/recommend /


/that /


/we //believe //it //because //it //is //useful. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔c. //They //claim //it //is //self-


evident, //and //is //a //starting //point //for //thinking //about //well-being..



8.How //do //hedonists //regard //most //rules //about //how //to //live //a //good //life?

// a. //Such //rules //are //not //very //useful, //but //not //necessarily //harmful. //

, // b. //Many //such //rules //are //correct, //and //have //no //exceptions. //

// c. //Such //rules //are //merely //tools //of //those //in //power, //used //to //subordinate //others. //

//d. //Many //such //rules //are //useful, //but //they //have //exceptions. //- //CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔d.
//Many //such //rules //are //useful, //but //they //have //exceptions..




9.What /
/would //a //hedonist //say //about //a //person //who //sometimes //enjoyed //his //or //her //own //pain?



// a. //Pain //would //sometimes //be //good //for //such //a //person. //

// b. //Pain //would //never //be //good //for //such //a //person. //

// c. //Hedonism //would //not //apply //to //such //a //person. //
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/d. /
/The /


/existence /


/of /


/such //


a/
/person /


/would /


/disprove /


/hedonism. //- /


/CORRECT //ANSWERS(S)✔✔a. //Pain //would //sometimes //be //good //for //such //a //person..




10.What //is //the //point //of //Philippa //Foot's //example //about //the //lobotomized //patients?

// a. //Lobotomies //make //people //unhappy //and //therefore //are //to //be //avoided. //

// b. //Lobotomies //make //people //happy //and //therefore //are //to //be //encouraged. //

// c. //People //with //lobotomies //are //sometimes //happy, //and //this //is //evidence //for //hedonism. //
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