Question 1

Which of the following ideas was central to Thomas Hobbes's philosophy of values?

Accepted Answer

A)  Good and evil simply denote that which a person desires or hates. 
B)  Human happiness consists of pleasure and reason. 
C)  Moral evil is a case of misdirected love. 
D)  A natural law governs all morality, and human behavior must conform to it. 
A)  Good and evil simply denote that which a person desires or hates. 
B)  Human happiness consists of pleasure and reason. 
C)  Moral evil is a case of misdirected love. 
D)  A natural law governs all morality, and human behavior must conform to it.

Question 2

According to Epicurus, which desires may be occasionally satisfied when doing so does not lead to discomfort or pain?

Accepted Answer

A)  desires that are both natural and necessary 
B)  desires that are natural but not necessary 
C)  desires that are neither natural nor necessary 
D)  All of these answers are correct. 
A)  desires that are both natural and necessary 
B)  desires that are natural but not necessary 
C)  desires that are neither natural nor necessary 
D)  All of these answers are correct.

Question 3

Which of the following is considered a moral evil by Plato?

Accepted Answer

A)  willful disobedience of God 
B)  unnaturalness 
C)  ignorance of the good 
D)  desiring what is known to be bad 
A)  willful disobedience of God 
B)  unnaturalness 
C)  ignorance of the good 
D)  desiring what is known to be bad

Which of the following ideas was central to Thomas Hobbes's philosophy of values?

According to Epicurus, which desires may be occasionally satisfied when doing so does not lead to discomfort or pain?

Which of the following is considered a moral evil by Plato?

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Exam 10: Moral Philosophy

Which of the following ideas was central to Thomas Hobbes's philosophy of values?

According to Epicurus, which desires may be occasionally satisfied when doing so does not lead to discomfort or pain?

Which of the following is considered a moral evil by Plato?

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The Pre-Socratics

Socrates, Plato

Aristotle

Philosophers of the Hellenistic and Christian Eras

The Rise of Modern Metaphysics and Epistemology

The Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries

The Continental Tradition

The Pragmatic and Analytic Traditions

Political Philosophy

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

Philosophy and Belief in God

Feminist Philosophy

Eastern Influences

Postcolonial Thought

Four Philosophical Problems

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