Exam 18: Philosophy As a Way of Life

Which ancient view had a concept of the universal city?

Who explicitly held that philosophy healed human diseases promoted by false beliefs?

Technology has never troubled philosophers.

How much would it take donated to UNICEF to transform a sickly two-year-old into a healthy six-year-old?

Epicurus said that no one should be slow to seek wisdom when young.

Sartre claimed that existentialism would horrify some people.

Outline Singer's response to the problem of famine relief. Do you agree with him or not? Explain and justify your answer.

Sartre rejected the distinction between philosophical concerns and everyday life.

Sartre thought that evil was merely an abstraction.

Where was Martin Luther King, Jr., assassinated?

Who wrote that the untrained mind shivers with excitement at everything it hears?

Do you believe that philosophers have a social responsibility to advocate for wise public policy decision? Why or why not? Offer examples of persons who have done so in answering this question.

Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote the unanimous opinion in Linda Brown et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka .

Philosophers are all free from bias.

Where are citizens educated, according to Nussbaum?

In 1964 King received the Nobel Peace Prize.

John Stuart Mill was a philosophical advocate.

According to Hadot, the natural state of human beings should be

Do you believe that steps should be taken to make the profession of philosophy more inclusive? If so, why? If not, why not? In either case justify your answer.

Sartre claimed that his views would lead one to "pessimistic toughness."