PHI 240 EXAM #2 QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
T/F: Psychological egosim makes a claim about human nature and the way things are -
Answers - True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone should always act in his or
her best self-interest, regardless of the interest of others, unless their interests also
serve his or hers? - Answers - Universal Ethical Egosim
T/F: According to Nietzsche, altruism is not self-defeating - Answers - False
T/F: Hedonism talks about that pleasure is a standard of value - Answers - True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone ought to act in my own best
self-interest? - Answers - Individual Ethical Egoism
T/F: Ethical subjectivism is concerned with the self-interest that are rational - Answers -
False
According to Principle of Equal Treatment, racism is justified. - Answers - False
Which of the following is not one of the key claims of ethical egoism? - Answers -
Individuals should do what feels right
Who called hedonism debauchery? - Answers - C.S. Lewis/Epicurus
Which type of ethical egoism is very similar to ethical subjectivism? - Answers -
Personal ethical Egoism
T/F: Ethical Egoism and racism are both arbitrary doctrines. - Answers - True
Which philosopher of the 20th century is associated with ethical egosim? - Answers -
Ayn Rand
The Principle of Equal Treatment states what? - Answers - we should treat people in the
same way unless there is a good reason
T/F: Sometimes ethical egoism is compared with sociological egoism - Answers - False
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: I ought to act in my own self-interest
but make no claims about what anyone else ought to do? - Answers - Personal Ethical
Egoism
, T/F: Universal ethical egoism states that everyone should always act in his or her own
best self interest - Answers - True
Which of the following type of law states: directs humans and other creatures to their
supernatural end, which consists of a vision of God and eternal blessedness. - Answers
- Divine Law
T/F: C.S. Lewis said, if there is a moral law, there might be a moral law giver. - Answers
- False
Eudaimonia means what? - Answers - Happiness
T/F:In Natural Law, morality is reason put into action - Answers - True
Which argument for the existence of God fits the following: God is the greatest being
imaginable? - Answers - Ontological
Which of the following is not one of the key claims of Natural Law? - Answers - Humans
cannot access natural law through the use of reason
Which of the following type of law states: is the uncreated reason of God that guides the
universe as it moves towards a particular goal or end. - Answers - Eternal Law
Which argument for the existence of God fits the following: The world could not exist on
its own so there must have been a first cause? - Answers - Cosmological
Human Laws always come before Natural Laws? - Answers - False
Which argument for the existence of God fits the following: There must be a Law giver?
- Answers - Moral Law Argument
T/F: The UN Nuremberg Charter is based on a view of the natural law. - Answers - True
T/F: In Natural Law, morality is grounded in a changing moral law? - Answers - False
Which religious body has Natural Law at its center? - Answers - Catholics
T/F: Natural Law is a universal moral theory that applies to all people - Answers - True
T/F: In Natural Law, human laws are only binding if they are just and consistent with
natural law - Answers - True
T/F: In Natural Law, we can take refuge in the human laws or customs of their culture? -
Answers - False
ANSWERS
T/F: Psychological egosim makes a claim about human nature and the way things are -
Answers - True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone should always act in his or
her best self-interest, regardless of the interest of others, unless their interests also
serve his or hers? - Answers - Universal Ethical Egosim
T/F: According to Nietzsche, altruism is not self-defeating - Answers - False
T/F: Hedonism talks about that pleasure is a standard of value - Answers - True
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: everyone ought to act in my own best
self-interest? - Answers - Individual Ethical Egoism
T/F: Ethical subjectivism is concerned with the self-interest that are rational - Answers -
False
According to Principle of Equal Treatment, racism is justified. - Answers - False
Which of the following is not one of the key claims of ethical egoism? - Answers -
Individuals should do what feels right
Who called hedonism debauchery? - Answers - C.S. Lewis/Epicurus
Which type of ethical egoism is very similar to ethical subjectivism? - Answers -
Personal ethical Egoism
T/F: Ethical Egoism and racism are both arbitrary doctrines. - Answers - True
Which philosopher of the 20th century is associated with ethical egosim? - Answers -
Ayn Rand
The Principle of Equal Treatment states what? - Answers - we should treat people in the
same way unless there is a good reason
T/F: Sometimes ethical egoism is compared with sociological egoism - Answers - False
Which form of Ethical Egoism fits this statement: I ought to act in my own self-interest
but make no claims about what anyone else ought to do? - Answers - Personal Ethical
Egoism
, T/F: Universal ethical egoism states that everyone should always act in his or her own
best self interest - Answers - True
Which of the following type of law states: directs humans and other creatures to their
supernatural end, which consists of a vision of God and eternal blessedness. - Answers
- Divine Law
T/F: C.S. Lewis said, if there is a moral law, there might be a moral law giver. - Answers
- False
Eudaimonia means what? - Answers - Happiness
T/F:In Natural Law, morality is reason put into action - Answers - True
Which argument for the existence of God fits the following: God is the greatest being
imaginable? - Answers - Ontological
Which of the following is not one of the key claims of Natural Law? - Answers - Humans
cannot access natural law through the use of reason
Which of the following type of law states: is the uncreated reason of God that guides the
universe as it moves towards a particular goal or end. - Answers - Eternal Law
Which argument for the existence of God fits the following: The world could not exist on
its own so there must have been a first cause? - Answers - Cosmological
Human Laws always come before Natural Laws? - Answers - False
Which argument for the existence of God fits the following: There must be a Law giver?
- Answers - Moral Law Argument
T/F: The UN Nuremberg Charter is based on a view of the natural law. - Answers - True
T/F: In Natural Law, morality is grounded in a changing moral law? - Answers - False
Which religious body has Natural Law at its center? - Answers - Catholics
T/F: Natural Law is a universal moral theory that applies to all people - Answers - True
T/F: In Natural Law, human laws are only binding if they are just and consistent with
natural law - Answers - True
T/F: In Natural Law, we can take refuge in the human laws or customs of their culture? -
Answers - False
