Philosophy Exam 3

Question 1

Phenomenology

Answer 1

Appearance or appears

Question 2

William James

Answer 2

Founder of pragmatism

Question 3

The name of Aquinas first cause, move, or arguments

Answer 3

The Cosmological Arguments

Question 4

This person is an ethical egoist

Answer 4

Ann Ran

Question 5

This is a view that is what morally is right and wrong depends on cultural, and there is no standards

Answer 5

Ethical relativism

Question 6

A view in which you can’t decide if God exists or not, and you need more info…

Answer 6

Agnostic

Question 7

This man suggested all the major world religions have six things in common

Answer 7

Ninian Smart

Question 8

What do we call the study of religious belief, in which we assume God exists?

Answer 8

Theology

Question 9

This is an attitude that came up in the mid 20th century, that suggests there are multiple views of reality, each with its own justification.

Answer 9

Postmodernism

Question 10

This view of ethics is goal or results oriented

Answer 10

Consequentialism

Question 11

The world must include evil and suffering so we can become virtuous people like God wants us to be

Answer 11

John Hick

Question 12

If I act selfishly people may not like me, so maybe its best to act better

Answer 12

The paradox of egoism

Question 13

The major voice of existentialism in the 20th century

Answer 13

John Paul Sarte

Question 14

Language=meaningless

Answer 14

Logical positivism

Question 15

This philosopher said man is by nature a social animal

Answer 15

Aristotle

Question 16

Not a major philosophy of the 20th century

Answer 16

The enlightenment

Question 17

The view that people ought to act out of their own self-interest first is called

Answer 17

Ethical Egoism

Question 18

The medieval thinker who wrote the ontological argument in which he said he proved Gods existed by reason alone

Answer 18

Ansel

Question 19

Not a negative description of the postmodern attitude

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Tolerance

Question 20

True or false- existentialist look at the despair and suffering of peoples experience and try to find answers in commitment to action

Answer 20

True

Question 21

True or false- William James argued its legitimate to believe in God when you face a personal crisis

Answer 21

True

Question 22

True or false- morality has to do with the standards a community or and individual has in whether it’s right and wrong good and bad

Answer 22

True

Question 23

True or false- one of Buddhism’s four noble truths is life is sorrow and suffering is universal

Answer 23

True

Question 24

True or false- reciprocal altruism is a good strategy for the survival of species

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or false- even if Aquinas’ proofs for God’s existence are valid, they don’t prove God is loving or personal.

Answer 25

True

Question 26

True or false- David Hume was a major critique of Aquinas proof of God’s existence

Answer 26

True

Question 27

True or false- Mary Daly felt the language of scripture was sexist towards women

Answer 27

True

Question 28

True or false- in conventional ethical relativism moral standards are justified by their acceptance in the community

Answer 28

True

Question 29

True or false- subjective relativism means each person decides for themselves what moral standards are acceptable

Answer 29

True

Question 30

True or false- the criticism of pragmatism is that it’s too subjective

Answer 30

True

Question 31

True or false- logical positivists are the first thinkers we know of who investigated reality without regard for the religion of the day

Answer 31

False

Question 32

True or false- one objection to post modernism is the reality described by different cultures does exist independently and distinct from those views

Answer 32

True

Question 33

True or false- psychological egoism recommends we ought to always act in our own self interest

Answer 33

False