PHIL 160 - FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Ethics - Answers - What we ought to do
What is the fundamental project of moral philosophy? - Answers - What makes acts
morally right
Necessary Condition - Answers - Q is only true if P is true - you must be a native born
citizen to be the president
Sufficient Condition - Answers - If P is true then Q is true
Argument - Answers - Something with premises and a conclusion
Validity - Answers - The truth of the premises lead to the truth of the conclusion
Sound - Answers - The argument must be valid AND the content of the premises must
be true.
State DC - Answers - an act is morally right IFF it doesn't violate any one of God's
commands
Objections to DC - Answers - 1) Divine Advisor View
2) theoretical voluntarism
Divine Advisor View - Answers - An act is morally right because of an other independent
standard therefore, if an act is right, God has commanded it.
Theological voluntarism - Answers - An act is right or good simply because God said it
was - if there was no God, there would be no right or wrong
State and explain CR - Answers - An act is right IFF it is permitted by the moral code of
the society. The case of Fauzyia
What does CR imply about moral tolerance? - Answers - If you think tolerance is
universal, then you should reject CR.
State AU - Answers - Act act is morally right IFF it maximizes hedonic utility.
According to Kant - there are two things that define personhood. What are they? -
Answers - Theoretical Rationality: think logically
Practical Rationality: put distance between one's desires and the right thing to do
Ethics - Answers - What we ought to do
What is the fundamental project of moral philosophy? - Answers - What makes acts
morally right
Necessary Condition - Answers - Q is only true if P is true - you must be a native born
citizen to be the president
Sufficient Condition - Answers - If P is true then Q is true
Argument - Answers - Something with premises and a conclusion
Validity - Answers - The truth of the premises lead to the truth of the conclusion
Sound - Answers - The argument must be valid AND the content of the premises must
be true.
State DC - Answers - an act is morally right IFF it doesn't violate any one of God's
commands
Objections to DC - Answers - 1) Divine Advisor View
2) theoretical voluntarism
Divine Advisor View - Answers - An act is morally right because of an other independent
standard therefore, if an act is right, God has commanded it.
Theological voluntarism - Answers - An act is right or good simply because God said it
was - if there was no God, there would be no right or wrong
State and explain CR - Answers - An act is right IFF it is permitted by the moral code of
the society. The case of Fauzyia
What does CR imply about moral tolerance? - Answers - If you think tolerance is
universal, then you should reject CR.
State AU - Answers - Act act is morally right IFF it maximizes hedonic utility.
According to Kant - there are two things that define personhood. What are they? -
Answers - Theoretical Rationality: think logically
Practical Rationality: put distance between one's desires and the right thing to do
