Exam 1: The Nature of Philosophy

What is the goal of philosophy?

Socrates claimed that he had a(n)____________________ to obey the law.

Based on his experience in a Nazi prison camp,what philosopher argued that human beings are ultimately free and that each of us has the freedom to be whoever we choose to be?

Who wrote of the Myth of the Cave?

Do you think that we have an obligation to obey the law? What if the law is unjust? Would we still have an obligation to obey it? Or would we instead say that the law in question was not properly a law,since it was unjust? What do your answers to these questions tell you about (a)your views concerning the nature of law; (b)your views concerning the nature of obligation?

What philosopher argued that service toward others is our primary moral duty?

When people talk about getting along,then generally mean satisfying their maintenance needs.

What is Plato's Myth of the Cave,and how does it illustrate the challenges and advantages associated with philosophy?

What subfield of philosophy is concerned with moral values and moral principles?

____________________ means "the study of knowledge".

____________________ is the study of morality.

Who wrote: "Freedom is not caprice,nor is Karma necessity."

According to whom does philosophical knowledge free us from the cycle of birth,suffering,death,and rebirth?

Harry Browne's view that morality is a sham because humans always try to satisfy themselves is called ____________________.

Holbach was a determinist.

The view of philosophy as the activity of examining our assumptions and beliefs about ourselves and the universe around us was expressed by

Moulton and Lloyd claim that philosophy is a male activity with a male bias.

Plato tells the Myth of the Cave in the Republic.

What are the advantages of Socratic questions¾and what might its dangers be?

Monotheism is the belief that there is just ____________________ ____________________.