Question: Natural Law asserts that universal moral values can be discovered, through reason, by observing the natural world.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: The assertion that all knowledge about the world is based on our senses is _________.
Answer Choices:
rationalism
providence
empiricism
transcendentalism
Answer: empiricism
Question: Which philosopher attempted to reconcile Islam with Aristotelian philosophy?
Answer Choices:
Maimonides
Averroes
William of Ockham
Aquinas
Answer: Averroes
Question: Epicurus is the founder of what Hellenistic Philosophy?
Answer Choices:
Stoicism
Ethics
Epicureanism
Skepticism
Answer: Epicureanism
Question: Why does Socrates compare himself to a gadfly?
Answer Choices:
He reproduces and reproaches the people of Athens.
He flies from argument to argument.
He feasts on the eventual ruin of his targets.
His life is short-lived but pleasing to others.
Answer: He reproduces and reproaches the people of Athens
Question: Plato argued that genuine knowledge is recollected through _________.
Answer Choices:
scientific cogitation
the four causes
phenomenal reality
innate ideas
Answer: innate ideas
Question: _________ states the moral standards people accept are different from culture to culture.
Answer Choices:
Subjective Relativism
Divine Command Theory
Cultural Relativism
Theory of Natural Law
Answer: Cultural Relativism
Question: The difference between a meritocracy and a democracy is a meritocracy considers the will of the people as a whole and a democracy considers what is best for the elite.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False
Question: According to your textbook, the branch of philosophy that deals with human issues of right and wrong is termed ________.
Answer Choices:
morality
rationalism
ethics
legality
existentialism
Answer: ethics
Question: Which ancient philosopher connected his study of Plato (Neoplatonism) with Christianity?
Answer Choices:
Freud
Locke
Plotinus
Augustine
Answer: Augustine
Question: How is Aristophanes’ Clouds an unfair portrait of Socrates?
Answer Choices:
It portrays him as a buffoonish Sophist.
It portrays him as an angry militant.
Answer: It portrays him as a buffoonish Sophist.
Question: True or False? Malpractice is a charge that can be found under either civil or criminal law.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following is NOT part of living an examined life?
Answer Choices:
Understanding arguments.
Using critical thinking skills.
Asking important questions.
Finding a moral role model.
Answer: Finding a moral role model.
Question: According to Plato, the soul consists of reason, the appetites, and spirit.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: True
Question: Which of the following is NOT part of living an examined life?
Answer Choices:
Asking important questions.
Finding a moral role model.
Using critical thinking skills.
Understanding arguments.
Answer: Finding a moral role model.
Question: Which philosopher is responsible for the flying man argument for the soul?
Answer Choices:
Avicenna
Aquinas
Averroes
Maimonides
Answer: Avicenna
Question: Plato’s Allegory of the Cave compares gaining knowledge with:
Answer Choices:
An ant being taken out of a cave.
A man surrounded by bats in a cave.
A man groveling a bear in a cave.
A man dwelling in a cave.
Answer: A man dwelling in a cave.
Question: ________ is NOT considered a Pre-Socratic philosopher.
Answer Choices:
Aristotle
Anaximander
Parmenides
Protagoras
Answer: Aristotle
Question: ________ is NOT considered a Pre-Socratic philosopher.
Answer Choices:
Aristotle
Protagoras
Parmenides
Anaximander
Answer: Aristotle
Question: True or False? Laws in the United States normally arise from governing bodies that license health care professionals.
Answer Choices:
True
False
Answer: False