Phil101 Test 1 UD
Rogers ACTUAL
Exam LATEST 2025
WITH Questions
AND Correct
VERIFIED Answers
GRADED A+
GUARANTEED 100%
PASS
,Marx holds that changes in history are
produced by... - ANSWER-changes in the
available materials and technology.
Two criticisms - ANSWER-1. Isn't there
some paternalism we'd all agree to? E.g.
food and drug laws?
-Of course, if we're all agreeing, perhaps it's
not exactly paternalistic... through my
elected representatives I'm restricting my
own freedom for my own good?
2. Are there really any entirely self-
regarding actions? E.g. taking recreational
drugs
Right - ANSWER-a personal freedom in
which others should not interfere.
on utilitarian grounds certain freedoms
ought to... - ANSWER-be protected for
everybody
,We must avoid the "tyranny of the ____." -
ANSWER-majority
political right example - ANSWER-free
speech
Even the speaker expressing unpopular
opinions should not be made to shut up,
because... - ANSWER-Truth is useful, and
he may have the truth or some of the truth.
(even if he is totally mistaken, hearing him
can strengthen our understanding of our
true beliefs.)
Rights are not absolute - ANSWER-When
your free speech poses a clear and present
danger we may shut you up. (ex "fire!" in a
crowded theater when there isn't a fire)
Fichte's question for Kant was, - ANSWER-
"Why should we believe in the noumenal
world at all?"
, kant answers - ANSWER-something must
cause our experiences!
fichte says - ANSWER-But then you're
contradicting yourself! You said causation
was phenomenal.
For Marx, "dialectical" means... - ANSWER-
"following a pattern of thesis, antithesis,
synthesis".
The problem (for Kant and others) -
ANSWER-Neither rationalism nor
empiricism offers a satisfactory explanation
of our lived experience.
Rationalism - ANSWER-internally
consistent, but mutually exclusive (they
can't both be right, one has to be wrong),
with no way to test them...as science
marches on.
Rogers ACTUAL
Exam LATEST 2025
WITH Questions
AND Correct
VERIFIED Answers
GRADED A+
GUARANTEED 100%
PASS
,Marx holds that changes in history are
produced by... - ANSWER-changes in the
available materials and technology.
Two criticisms - ANSWER-1. Isn't there
some paternalism we'd all agree to? E.g.
food and drug laws?
-Of course, if we're all agreeing, perhaps it's
not exactly paternalistic... through my
elected representatives I'm restricting my
own freedom for my own good?
2. Are there really any entirely self-
regarding actions? E.g. taking recreational
drugs
Right - ANSWER-a personal freedom in
which others should not interfere.
on utilitarian grounds certain freedoms
ought to... - ANSWER-be protected for
everybody
,We must avoid the "tyranny of the ____." -
ANSWER-majority
political right example - ANSWER-free
speech
Even the speaker expressing unpopular
opinions should not be made to shut up,
because... - ANSWER-Truth is useful, and
he may have the truth or some of the truth.
(even if he is totally mistaken, hearing him
can strengthen our understanding of our
true beliefs.)
Rights are not absolute - ANSWER-When
your free speech poses a clear and present
danger we may shut you up. (ex "fire!" in a
crowded theater when there isn't a fire)
Fichte's question for Kant was, - ANSWER-
"Why should we believe in the noumenal
world at all?"
, kant answers - ANSWER-something must
cause our experiences!
fichte says - ANSWER-But then you're
contradicting yourself! You said causation
was phenomenal.
For Marx, "dialectical" means... - ANSWER-
"following a pattern of thesis, antithesis,
synthesis".
The problem (for Kant and others) -
ANSWER-Neither rationalism nor
empiricism offers a satisfactory explanation
of our lived experience.
Rationalism - ANSWER-internally
consistent, but mutually exclusive (they
can't both be right, one has to be wrong),
with no way to test them...as science
marches on.
