QUESTION 1
- Match the Key Term to the prompt that fits BEST
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QUESTION 2
- “Ethical relativism is true because people in Los Angeles have moral beliefs that are very different from the moral beliefs of people in Chicago.” This is not a good basis for an argument for ethical relativism because observing that people hold differing moral beliefs does not tell us what people ought to do. It only tells us about
prescriptive | ||
descriptive ethics | ||
ethical egoism | ||
normative ethics |
1 points
QUESTION 3
- Person A says, “One way we know that it is immoral for employers to discriminate against employees on the basis of a person’s gender identity because it is illegal. If gender discrimination were legal, then it would be morally good.” Is what Person A says true or false? TRUE FALSE
1 points
QUESTION 4
- Socrates was a human. All humans are mortal. Therefore, Socrates was mortal.
valid deductive argument | ||
sound deductive argument | ||
deductive argument (but neither valid nor sound) | ||
valid deductive argument (We cannot know if it is sound because we do not have knowledge of certain elements in the argument.) |
1 points
QUESTION 5
- Every semester there is a certain point when I get overwhelmed, and I don’t believe I will make it through to the end without quitting. Then somehow I make it through. Right now I’m at that point in the semester and I feel like quitting, but I know I will probably make it through.
inductive argument | ||
deductive argument | ||
argument by analogy | ||
cognitive dissonance |
1 points
QUESTION 6
- An argument is made up of ______ and a ______ .
1 points
QUESTION 7
- The Euthyphro Problem is a refutation of a metaethical view called ________ .
1 points
QUESTION 8
- I don’t understand why most Americans don’t object to their country going to war all the time. It would be immoral for the people of California to start attacking and killing the people of Arizona simply because the state government was breaking federal law. So it is immoral for the U.S. to attack and kill people of other countries because those countries’ governments are breaking international law.
inductive argument | ||
deductive argument | ||
argument by analogy | ||
law of non-contradiction |
1 points
QUESTION 9
- Person B says, “Frankly, you can’t dispute all animated TV shows are made for children’s entertainment. I don’t care what you say. I will not watch The Simpsons. It is an animated TV show. So, duh, it is made for children.” How would you characterize this argument?
sound inductive argument | ||
valid deductive argument | ||
neither valid, nor sound deductive argument | ||
sound inductive argument |
1 points
QUESTION 10
- Person C says, “I’m tired of hearing about how a majority of climate scientists are worried that if we do not drastically change our consumption and pollution habits we will face more extreme weather events, like the recent hurricane in the Bahamas. They just want to scare people into buying into their cause so they can preserve some pretty birds that don’t matter to any person’s actual job.” This is an example of
epistemic charity | ||
cognitive dissonance | ||
straw man fallacy | ||
dilemma |
1 points
QUESTION 11
- This is a basic skill of all effective philosophers that aids them in their pursuit of knowledge and truth. It is the simple practice of being respectful and even generous toward the philosophical positions they encounter, always trying to understand others’ positions and arguments in a way that their author’s would approve.
epistemic charity | ||
epistemic humility | ||
altruism | ||
dialectical reasoning |