Question 1

When Nietzsche said that "God is dead," he meant that

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A)  belief in God is no longer the center of the lives of people. 
B)  atheism must be true. 
C)  atheism is now true,although it once was false. 
D)  while it's true that God exists,we have fallen away from true belief.

Question 2

What does it mean for a principle to be universalizable?

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Question 3

Write an essay answering the question "What is a good life?" 
Your essay should address how this question relates to questions of morality,and what sorts of issues the question addresses.
You should describe five of the following conceptions of the good life: Hedonism,Success,Asceticism,Freedom,Power and Creativity,Religion and Happiness.
Do you find any of these conceptions more compelling than others? 
Why?

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Question 4

John Stuart Mill changed Bentham's principle of utility to allow for qualitative differences in pleasures in order to make utilitarianism more consistent with morality.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Obeying categorical imperatives could turn out to be good for us.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Carol Gilligan claimed to show that women tend to think of ethics in terms of

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A)  right and wrong answers. 
B)  personal moral responsibility. 
C)  abstract moral principles. 
D)  irrational emotional perceptions.

Question 7

According to Aristotle,the key to the good life is to be found in

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A)  pursuing asceticism. 
B)  pursuing pleasure itself. 
C)  pursuing satisfying activities,not pleasure itself. 
D)  pursuing freedom.

Question 8

What is the principle of utility?

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Question 9

According to Epicurus,all pleasures are equally good.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What is ethics?

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Question 11

One problem with Ayn Rand's ethical egoism is that it assumes

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A)  one can act in one's self-interest. 
B)  one ought to act in one's own self-interest. 
C)  if an act is for the benefit of others,then it cannot be to one's own benefit as well. 
D)  if an act is for the benefit of others,then it can be to one's own benefit as well.

Question 12

Commandments are categorical imperatives when

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A)  they offer conditions for acting. 
B)  they are without qualification,offering no reasons or conditions. 
C)  our consciences tell us they are categorical. 
D)  they are arbitrary.

Question 13

Nietzsche believed that what we usually call morality can make us more creative,daring and inventive.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

People who are Cultural Relativists believe that

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A)  whatever a culture or a society holds to be right is therefore right,at least for them. 
B)  different people around the world (and
Even in the same society),in fact,hold different values and believe in different moral codes. 
C)  what's true for one is,in fact,false for another. 
D)  moral absolutism must be true.

Question 15

Morality is primarily an aid in getting us what we want as individuals.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The major problem with specific visions of the good life,pleasure,success,asceticism,power,religion,etc.is that

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A)  none of these visions expresses what Hegel called "Spirit." 
B)  they are difficult ideals to achieve. 
C)  the good life seems to be something more general than any single one-sided goal. 
D)  the good life is the life of the mind,not the body.

Question 17

What is master morality?

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Question 18

The famous story of Abraham Lincoln stopping to save some piglets is an illustration of the thesis of

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A)  ethical egoism. 
B)  ethical altruism. 
C)  psychological egoism. 
D)  psychological altruism.

Question 19

We use moral theories to help us justify and interpret moral principles and rules.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Someone who is an ethical egoist must also believe in psychological egoism.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: Morality and the Good Life

When Nietzsche said that "God is dead," he meant that

What does it mean for a principle to be universalizable?

John Stuart Mill changed Bentham's principle of utility to allow for qualitative differences in pleasures in order to make utilitarianism more consistent with morality.

Obeying categorical imperatives could turn out to be good for us.

Carol Gilligan claimed to show that women tend to think of ethics in terms of

According to Aristotle,the key to the good life is to be found in

What is the principle of utility?

According to Epicurus,all pleasures are equally good.

What is ethics?

One problem with Ayn Rand's ethical egoism is that it assumes

Commandments are categorical imperatives when

Nietzsche believed that what we usually call morality can make us more creative,daring and inventive.

People who are Cultural Relativists believe that

Morality is primarily an aid in getting us what we want as individuals.

The major problem with specific visions of the good life,pleasure,success,asceticism,power,religion,etc.is that

What is master morality?

The famous story of Abraham Lincoln stopping to save some piglets is an illustration of the thesis of

We use moral theories to help us justify and interpret moral principles and rules.

Someone who is an ethical egoist must also believe in psychological egoism.