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- 1. Multiple Choice
Philosophy comes from the Greek philosophia, meaning what?
Lover of philosophy
Love of wisdom
Love of soapboxes
Lover of questions
- 2. Multiple Choice
Plato was a student to which philosopher?
Aristotle
Xenophon
Socrates
Thomas Aquinas
- 3. Multiple ChoiceThe study of Truth or KnowledgeEpistemologyEcclesiologyEthnographyEcology
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich is NOT a requirement of knowledge:Something that isBeliefJustificationLove
- 5. Multiple Choice
What makes a bad decision bad? A question that falls under the branch of Philosophy called _________.
Logic
Epistemology
Ethics
Metaphysics
- 6. Multiple Choice
WHICH DISCIPLINE STUDIES THE PRINCIPLES AND RULES OF REASONING, ITS STRUCTURES OR FORMS OF THOUGHT?
LOGIC
EPISTEMOLOGY
AXIOLOGY
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which of the following terms was Plato most concerned with?
Particulars
Transcendent
Universals
Immanent
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which term refers to the powerful and deceptive use of words in which a seemingly simple statement is made, hoping the hearer will buy the simple statement without recognizing the huge assumptions that come with it?
Assumptive Language
Pragmatism
Naturalism
Decepticonism
- 9. Multiple Choice
What branch of philosophy deals with the study of moral judgments?
Aesthetics
Ethics
Cosmology
Psychology
- 10. Multiple Choice
What branch of philosophy deals with the study of social institutions and the state?
Sociology
Psychology
Politics
Ethics
- 11. Multiple Choice
Ethical approaches can include:
Deontological (Duty-Based) Ethics
Utilitarianism (Consequentialism)
Virtue Ethics
All of the above
- 12. Multiple Choice
Deontological (Duty-Based) Ethics...
Focus is primarily on what sort of person one should try to be
(what sort of characteristics a virtuous person has)
Try to assess the consequences of every action they undertake.
Judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule, or rules.
Actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority
(the greatest good for the greatest number)
- 13. Multiple Choice
Utilitarianism (Consequentialism)...
Actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority
(the greatest good for the greatest number)
Focus is primarily on what sort of person one should try to be
(what sort of characteristics a virtuous person has)
Judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule, or rules.
All of the above.
- 14. Multiple Choice
Virtue Ethics...
Focus is primarily on what sort of person one should try to be
(what sort of characteristics a virtuous person has)
Actions are right if they are useful or for the benefit of a majority
(the greatest good for the greatest number)
Judges the morality of an action based on the action’s adherence to a rule, or rules.
Are concerned with what people do, not with the consequences of their actions. For deontologists, some actions are simply wrong (or right), regardless of the good or bad consequences that may be produced.
- 15. Multiple Choice
The two main approaches to Utilitarianism is:
Tact and Rule
Numerical and Act
Rule and Numerical
Act and Rule
- 16. Multiple Choice
Rights are...
Horrible.
Something that everyone has protected.
Legal, social, or ethical principles of freedom or entitlement; that is, rights are the fundamental normative rules about what is allowed of people or owed to people according to some legal system, social convention, or ethical theory.
Always enforced by the law.
- 17. Multiple Choice
The main source of contemporary human rights is...
the Australian consistution
the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
the US Bill of Rights
the Bible
- 18. Multiple Choice
Australian philosopher Peter Singer claims that...
... as there is no important difference between animals and humans, denying animals rights is as much the same as denying rights to women or people of particular ethnicity.
... as there is an important difference between animals and humans, denying animals rights is fine.
... as there is no important difference between animals and humans, giving animals rights is as much the same as denying rights to women or people of particular ethnicity.
... animals and humans are exactly the same.
- 19. Multiple Choice
Speciesism is...
... the opinion that dogs are better than cats.
... giving preference to our own species over another, in the absence of morally relevant differences.
... something that everyone believes and supports.
... easy to spell.
- 20. Multiple Choice
Philosopher, Carl Cohen, believes that...
Animals are smarter than humans.
Tigers are better than lions.
No species is struggling so they should all just get along.
Every species is struggling to be on top, but we (humans) are currently at the top, so we can do what ever we want.
- 21. Multiple Choice
“A friend to all is a friend to none.” A quote from...
Plato
Aristotle
Socrates
Ms McCann
- 22. Multiple Choice
In Philosophy, an argument is ...
... a massive fight.
... when two people have opposing ideas but keep them to themselves.
... simply an assertion or a claim not supported by evidence.
... simply an assertion or a claim supported by evidence.
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