(Quiz #6) According to Nagel, determinism is the thesis that there are exceptionless laws of nature that, together with the totality of past circumstances, determine all events, including human choice, and rule out any alternative possibilities. True or False?
True
(Quiz #6) According to Nagel, the sense in which it seems you could have chosen the peach is:
It remained an open possibility—up until you chose the cake—that you could have chosen the peach.
(Quiz #6) According to Stace, philosophers who deny the existence of free will:
Accept the existence of free will in their daily (nonprofessional) lives.
(Quiz #6) There are no borderline cases on Stace’s definition of “free will.” True or False?
False; There are cases that are neither free nor unfree (may be cases when it seems as if we have a choice, but we are coerced through threat of force -- Police interrogation)
(Quiz #6) Free action, according to Stace, is caused by psychological states in the agent. True or False?
True
(Quiz #7) Smart's "How to Reidentify the Ship of Theseus" is an updated version of the old "Ship of Theseus" Thought Experiment. True or False?
True
(Quiz #7) In "How to Reidentify the Ship of Theseus" the dispute between Morion and Bombos pertains to:
Whose ship remains.
(Quiz #7) In "How to Reidentify the Ship of Theseus," Bombos ordered a complete renewal of his ship by replacing all the old parts with new parts. True or False?
True
(Quiz #7) In the Crash Course video in Personal Identity, Hank mentions the "Body Theory" of personal identity. This is the view that personal identity persists over time because you remain in the same body from birth to death." True or False?
True
(Quiz #7) in the notes on Personal Identity, Perry claims that Pressher exploits the idea that we normally equate personal identity with bodily identity. True or False?
True
(Quiz #8) Moral Dilemmas are situations where it is not obvious what we should do. True or False?
True
(Quiz #8) Tom Regan argues that moral judgments are not like statements of preference because:
Moral judgments deny the truth of conflicting judgments.
(Quiz #8) The ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Feeling with someone as opposed to for them.
Empathy
(Quiz #8) Normative cultural relativism states that there is no such thing as universal truth in morality, only different cultural codes on a par. True or False?
True
(Quiz #8) Descriptive cultural relativism merely notes or describes that moral values vary from culture to culture. True or False?
True
(Quiz #9) Kant provides multiple formulations of the categorical imperative. True or False?
True
(Quiz #9) In practice, maxims and intentions are very different from each other. (Kantian Ethics) True or False?
False
(Quiz #9) The two versions of Utilitarianism mentioned in the notes are:
Act and Rule
(Quiz #9) From Virtue Ethics:
If “courage” is the virtue, then...
“Cowardice” and “recklessness” are the vices.
(Quiz #9) Aristotle believed that virtue is a mean or midpoint between two vices. True or False?
True
(Quiz #10) The ethics of care recognizes the reality of our dependence on others. True or False?
True
(Quiz #10) The ethics of care takes the following to be centrally important to ethical evaluation:
The caring relationship.
(Quiz #10) Vitrano thinks we all face the question “Why be moral?” True or False?
True
(Quiz #10) In the four cases that she presents, Vitrano claims that one could be happiest if everyone believed one is immoral but one is in fact moral. True or False?
False
(Quiz #10) Vitrano believes that the case 2 person does take a significant risk, because exposure might bring ruin, but that it could also have a big payoff. True or False?
True
(Quiz #11) Jeremy Bentham believed that animals should not be considered in the Utilitarian Calculus. True or False?
False
(Quiz #11) Kant believes that we do not have any direct duties to animals. True or False?
True
(Quiz #11) Which philosopher believed that people who are cruel to animals are less likely to act in accordance with duty in their dealings with other human beings?
Nagel
Bentham
Mill
-->Kant
(Quiz #11) According to virtue ethicists, vegetarianism could be seen as a virtue. True or False?
False
(Quiz #11) Cora Diamond believes that it is useless to make logical arguments to convince people not to eat animals. True or False?
True
(Quiz #12) Though Buddhism includes theoretical doctrines, the primary purpose is a practical one. True or False?
True
(Quiz #12) Buddha’s aim in teaching the Four Noble Truths was to:
Offer a practical guide to achieving Nibbāna.
(Quiz #12) The Analects were written by:
the disciples of Confucius.
(Quiz #12) According to Taoism, the Tao cannot be known or named. True or False?
True
(Quiz #12) The central focus of Taoism is to live in harmony with the natural forces of the universe. True or False?