PHI 1010 EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What philosopher wrote the following "The language and the history of the time the
writer was living in is the context within which individual texts have to be interpreted"? -
Answer- Friedrich Schleiermacher
Who argued that the truth of an idea depends on the practical difference it makes? -
Answer- James
A theory that measures the morality of an action by its consequences is a - Answer-
Consequentialist theory
What 1973 Supreme Court case ruled that government may not make laws restricting
abortions performed during the first six months of pregnancy? - Answer- Roe v. Wade
Aristotle developed an early version of virtue ethics. - Answer- T
What view holds that different societies or cultures have different moralities? - Answer-
descriptive relativism
Epicurus was a hedonist. - Answer- T
The psychologist Carol Gilligan argued that - Answer- women tend to approach ethics
differently from men.
Basic to the doctrines of Buddhism are the - Answer- Four Noble Truths
The second version of the categorical imperative says - Answer- Treat people as an end
and never as a means only.
What philosopher argues that sexual activities are unnatural and immoral when they
deny a basic good without necessity and do so for the sake of sexual pleasure? -
Answer- Donald Levy
Which of the following philosophers accepted the coherence theory of truth? - Answer-
Dharmakirti
Which of the following logician and philosopher argues that truth is a property of
sentence? - Answer- Alfred Tarski
, A basic belief is one that does not need to be justified by other beliefs. - Answer- True
Dharmakirti accepted a foundationalist view of truth - Answer- False
John Searle believes that all true propositions are those - Answer- that correspond to
facts
Wilfred Sellars believed that there were basic beliefs - Answer- False
Who said that we were out to "trap" nature? - Answer- Quine
According to the ____ theory of truth, a belief is true if it is or can be integrated within
the framework of all other beliefs that we already accept as true - Answer- coherence
A priori propositions are propositions that we can know to be true without having to
observe the world - Answer- True
What contemporary philosopher argues that truth is whatever has passed society's
"procedure of justification"? - Answer- Richard Rorty
Gettier examples assume - Answer- that people are justified in believing things when
they rely on their past experiences
Who believed that the attempt to find one characteristic of truth that covers every kind of
truth was doomed to fail? - Answer- Putnam
The ethical view that holds that humans should live according to nature is called -
Answer- natural law ethics.
Nel Noddings argues that - Answer- Care is superior to principles
Aristotle endorsed: - Answer- virtue ethics
Ethics is the study of - Answer- morality
Aquinas defended the principle of double effect. - Answer- T
Epictetus was concerned only with appearances. - Answer- F
Carol Gilligan believed that moral development for a woman was marked by progress
towards more adequate ways of caring for herself and others. - Answer- T
ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
What philosopher wrote the following "The language and the history of the time the
writer was living in is the context within which individual texts have to be interpreted"? -
Answer- Friedrich Schleiermacher
Who argued that the truth of an idea depends on the practical difference it makes? -
Answer- James
A theory that measures the morality of an action by its consequences is a - Answer-
Consequentialist theory
What 1973 Supreme Court case ruled that government may not make laws restricting
abortions performed during the first six months of pregnancy? - Answer- Roe v. Wade
Aristotle developed an early version of virtue ethics. - Answer- T
What view holds that different societies or cultures have different moralities? - Answer-
descriptive relativism
Epicurus was a hedonist. - Answer- T
The psychologist Carol Gilligan argued that - Answer- women tend to approach ethics
differently from men.
Basic to the doctrines of Buddhism are the - Answer- Four Noble Truths
The second version of the categorical imperative says - Answer- Treat people as an end
and never as a means only.
What philosopher argues that sexual activities are unnatural and immoral when they
deny a basic good without necessity and do so for the sake of sexual pleasure? -
Answer- Donald Levy
Which of the following philosophers accepted the coherence theory of truth? - Answer-
Dharmakirti
Which of the following logician and philosopher argues that truth is a property of
sentence? - Answer- Alfred Tarski
, A basic belief is one that does not need to be justified by other beliefs. - Answer- True
Dharmakirti accepted a foundationalist view of truth - Answer- False
John Searle believes that all true propositions are those - Answer- that correspond to
facts
Wilfred Sellars believed that there were basic beliefs - Answer- False
Who said that we were out to "trap" nature? - Answer- Quine
According to the ____ theory of truth, a belief is true if it is or can be integrated within
the framework of all other beliefs that we already accept as true - Answer- coherence
A priori propositions are propositions that we can know to be true without having to
observe the world - Answer- True
What contemporary philosopher argues that truth is whatever has passed society's
"procedure of justification"? - Answer- Richard Rorty
Gettier examples assume - Answer- that people are justified in believing things when
they rely on their past experiences
Who believed that the attempt to find one characteristic of truth that covers every kind of
truth was doomed to fail? - Answer- Putnam
The ethical view that holds that humans should live according to nature is called -
Answer- natural law ethics.
Nel Noddings argues that - Answer- Care is superior to principles
Aristotle endorsed: - Answer- virtue ethics
Ethics is the study of - Answer- morality
Aquinas defended the principle of double effect. - Answer- T
Epictetus was concerned only with appearances. - Answer- F
Carol Gilligan believed that moral development for a woman was marked by progress
towards more adequate ways of caring for herself and others. - Answer- T
