HUM 1020 FINAL PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Identify the fallacy in the following passage:
If we legalize marijuana, then every kid in America is gonna be high all
the time. Then no one will go to school. No one will go to work. A
whole generation will be lost to Oreos and Fortnite. Answer: Slippery
slope
◉According to Sartre, which of the following statements most
accurately represents the central thesis of existentialism? Answer:
"Essence precedes existence"
◉What does Aristotle mean when he claims that happiness is the "chief
good?" Answer: Happiness is the good to which all other goods strive.
◉How might Marx respond to the criticism that communism diminishes
individuality amongst a society? Answer: He would question their
notion of individuality, wondering why property was a necessary quality
of individuality.
, ◉Why is temporal precedence significant in the context of mental
causation? Answer: The idea of temporal precedence suggests that
causes must precede their effects. Since brain states seem to precede
mental states, it's unlikely that mental states cause brain states.
◉Solipsism contends that... Answer: one's own mind is the only thing
that can be known to exist.
◉According to Sartre, what is the purpose of life? Answer: There is no
predetermined purpose to life. Each person designs and pursues their
own purpose or set of purposes.
◉What is the bourgeois? (In the context of Marx) Answer: The
predatory, upper-class of a capitalist society.
◉ALL substance dualists believe... Answer: He claims that basically
every ethical theory is subject to misuse due to the infirmity of human
nature.
◉According to Sartre, to which of the following entities does the
statement "existence precedes essence" not apply? Answer: A paper-
cutter
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉Identify the fallacy in the following passage:
If we legalize marijuana, then every kid in America is gonna be high all
the time. Then no one will go to school. No one will go to work. A
whole generation will be lost to Oreos and Fortnite. Answer: Slippery
slope
◉According to Sartre, which of the following statements most
accurately represents the central thesis of existentialism? Answer:
"Essence precedes existence"
◉What does Aristotle mean when he claims that happiness is the "chief
good?" Answer: Happiness is the good to which all other goods strive.
◉How might Marx respond to the criticism that communism diminishes
individuality amongst a society? Answer: He would question their
notion of individuality, wondering why property was a necessary quality
of individuality.
, ◉Why is temporal precedence significant in the context of mental
causation? Answer: The idea of temporal precedence suggests that
causes must precede their effects. Since brain states seem to precede
mental states, it's unlikely that mental states cause brain states.
◉Solipsism contends that... Answer: one's own mind is the only thing
that can be known to exist.
◉According to Sartre, what is the purpose of life? Answer: There is no
predetermined purpose to life. Each person designs and pursues their
own purpose or set of purposes.
◉What is the bourgeois? (In the context of Marx) Answer: The
predatory, upper-class of a capitalist society.
◉ALL substance dualists believe... Answer: He claims that basically
every ethical theory is subject to misuse due to the infirmity of human
nature.
◉According to Sartre, to which of the following entities does the
statement "existence precedes essence" not apply? Answer: A paper-
cutter
