PHIL 2020 Exam 1,2 Questions & Answers 100% CORRECT
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PHIL 2020 Exam 1,2 Questions & Answers 100% CORRECT
What is meta-ethics? - ANSWERSThe subfield of moral philosophy that focuses on issues regarding the fundamental status and nature of morality
What is normative ethical theory? - ANSWERSThe subfield of moral philosophy that focuses on ident...
PHIL 2020 Exam 1,2 Questions &
Answers 100% CORRECT
What is meta-ethics? - ANSWERSThe subfield of moral philosophy that focuses on issues regarding the
fundamental status and nature of morality
What is normative ethical theory? - ANSWERSThe subfield of moral philosophy that focuses on
identifying and defending standards of right conduct and/or good living
Which of the following statement, if any, if a meta-ethical statement?
a. "Tacos are good"
b. "There are no objective moral truths"
c. "You ought not tell a lie" - ANSWERSb. "There are no objective moral truths"
Which of the follow statements, if any, is a normative (i.e. prescriptive) statement?
a. "Tacos are good"
b. "There are no objective moral truths"
c. "You ought not tell a lie" - ANSWERSc. "You ought not tell a lie"
What is the definition of an argument? - ANSWERSA group of propositions such that at least one of
them, the premise(s), is said to support the truth of the other, the conclusion
What is the definition of a fallacy? - ANSWERSA fallacy is an error in reasoning such that even if the
premises are true they do not logically imply the truth of the conclusion
What, if any, fallacy is committed in the following passage? "John Smith is an idiot." - ANSWERSnone
, What fallacy, if any, is committed in the following passage? "There are only two reasonable options.
Either objective morality is based on religion or ethical nihilism is true. You reject religious morality.
Thus, you must be an ethical nihilist." - ANSWERSfalse dilemma/dichotomy
What fallacy, if any, is committed in the following passage? "I met five New Yorkers. All five were rude.
Thus, all New Yorkers are rude." - ANSWERShasty generalization
What fallacy, if any, is committed in the following passage? "Evelyn espouses ethical subjectivism. But
Evelyn is a real jerk. Thus ethical subjectivism is false." - ANSWERSab hominem/attack against the person
What is an instrumental value? - ANSWERSsomething that is valuable as a means to some other end
What is an intrinsic value? - ANSWERSsomething that is valuable in and of itself or regardless of whether
it is valuable as a means to some other end
According to Plato's moral theory, what are the three parts of the soul? - ANSWERSeros (appetites),
thumos (spiritedness), and logos (reason)
According to Plato's moral theory, what is the cost of immorality? - ANSWERSAccording to Plato's moral
theory, there are psychological costs for immorality. Immoral people fail to achieve happiness
According to Plato's moral theory, what is justice? - ANSWERSJustice is a well-ordered soul or inner
balance in which each part of the soul plays its part governed by reason
What is objectivist non-naturalism? - ANSWERSThe meta-ethical view that there are objective moral
truths that are otherworldly or transcendent, rather than natural phenomenon
Which of the following, if any, is a cardinal virtue? - ANSWERSjustice, courage, wisdom
What is Aristotle's golden mean? - ANSWERSStates that a virtue is mean between two extremes, one of
excess and one of deficiency
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