Phi 215 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION 2025
Pessimists regarding life's meaning believe that life can have no meaning if
_____ - correct answer ✔external meaning is nonexistent
Who said, "Most of us would say without hesitation that a person's life had
meaning if we knew that he devoted himself to a cause"? - correct answer
✔Edwards
Internalists say that anyone can have a meaningful life without relying on the
concepts of God or transcendent realms. - correct answer ✔True
Baggini says that almost all deniers of meaning in life really seem to be
rejecting only the idea that life has _____. - correct answer ✔external
meaning
Many believe that unless a divine entity or transcendent reality has provided
the world with ultimate purpose or value, life is meaningless. - correct answer
✔True
- correct answer ✔the pessimist's view and the optimist's view
According to a recent poll, what percentage of secular, nonreligious, or
atheistic people thought their lives had an important meaning or purpose? -
correct answer ✔83%
According to Locke, a man in the state of nature will relinquish his absolute
freedom to the state because _____. - correct answer ✔in the state of nature
the enjoyment of his freedom is very uncertain and vulnerable
, In The Republic, Plato argues that the only kind of society that can ensure
people get their due is a _____ - correct answer ✔meritocracy
According to Locke, every man, by consenting with others to make one body
politic under one government, puts himself under an obligation to everyone of
that society to submit to the determination of _____. - correct answer ✔the
majority
According to Rawls, all social values (opportunity, liberty, income, wealth, etc.)
are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution is _____. - correct
answer ✔to everyone's advantage
- correct answer ✔socialism within a totalitarian system
Which of the following was not recommended (in our text) by Marx as a
means to enable socialism where capitalism already exists? - correct answer
✔Free healthcare for every citizen
Under _____, people are rewarded according to their needs, not by how well
or how hard they work. - correct answer ✔.
socialism
Feminists intend to point out, not that the relationships between men and
women are inherently political, but that politics has failed to address the
nature of these relationships. - correct answer ✔True
The guiding principle of the socialist view is __________. - correct answer
✔equality
COMPLETE SOLUTION 2025
Pessimists regarding life's meaning believe that life can have no meaning if
_____ - correct answer ✔external meaning is nonexistent
Who said, "Most of us would say without hesitation that a person's life had
meaning if we knew that he devoted himself to a cause"? - correct answer
✔Edwards
Internalists say that anyone can have a meaningful life without relying on the
concepts of God or transcendent realms. - correct answer ✔True
Baggini says that almost all deniers of meaning in life really seem to be
rejecting only the idea that life has _____. - correct answer ✔external
meaning
Many believe that unless a divine entity or transcendent reality has provided
the world with ultimate purpose or value, life is meaningless. - correct answer
✔True
- correct answer ✔the pessimist's view and the optimist's view
According to a recent poll, what percentage of secular, nonreligious, or
atheistic people thought their lives had an important meaning or purpose? -
correct answer ✔83%
According to Locke, a man in the state of nature will relinquish his absolute
freedom to the state because _____. - correct answer ✔in the state of nature
the enjoyment of his freedom is very uncertain and vulnerable
, In The Republic, Plato argues that the only kind of society that can ensure
people get their due is a _____ - correct answer ✔meritocracy
According to Locke, every man, by consenting with others to make one body
politic under one government, puts himself under an obligation to everyone of
that society to submit to the determination of _____. - correct answer ✔the
majority
According to Rawls, all social values (opportunity, liberty, income, wealth, etc.)
are to be distributed equally unless an unequal distribution is _____. - correct
answer ✔to everyone's advantage
- correct answer ✔socialism within a totalitarian system
Which of the following was not recommended (in our text) by Marx as a
means to enable socialism where capitalism already exists? - correct answer
✔Free healthcare for every citizen
Under _____, people are rewarded according to their needs, not by how well
or how hard they work. - correct answer ✔.
socialism
Feminists intend to point out, not that the relationships between men and
women are inherently political, but that politics has failed to address the
nature of these relationships. - correct answer ✔True
The guiding principle of the socialist view is __________. - correct answer
✔equality
