PHI 130- FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What are the five hungers according to Loyola's mission statement? - Answer -Hunger
#1: Meaning/ Transcendence
Hunger #2: Knowledge
Hunger #3: The longing for a Moral 'Compass'
Hunger #4: Meaningful participation in Local community
Hunger #5: Meaningful participation in global community
What hungers are not identified in this account that you think should be added to it, if
any? Explain why. - Answer -Hunger #6: Respect
- relationships- friendship/love
- happiness
Be able to explain the various elements of Plato's Cave Parable and what they
represent. What does this parable intend to teach us, if anything, about the human
condition? - Answer -- Cave: the world/ anthens
- Prisoners: Members of society
- the chains: Knowledge that the community is openly accepting. Could be information
about social inequality, religion, moral understandings. Something that the community is
blind to...... or people stuck in generational knowledge
- the shadows: in this dialogue the shadows appear to be the conventional beliefs about
human well- being and justice among several other things (see conflicts between
appearance and reality above)-- often pushed by those in power
- the liberator/s: Plato presents Socrates as the liberator who comes down into the cave
of Athens to free the prisoners from the chains of their ignorance.
—> Socrates believes that if you tell the truth and begin to change society's
perspectives then you will be a victim of violence. He also mentions how sometimes
people don't want to know the truth about certain situations. It will take a person to
change our opinions and bring us out of the dark of situation
This lesson on the appolgy can be brought into many contexts and is important to
understand how we can often be blind to different injustices happening in our
communities
According to Mill what is liberty (or, freedom)? - Answer -Mills believes that liberty is the
presence of pleasure and the absence of pain
When is it legitimate for a community to restrict or limit an individual's capacity for self-
determination? When is it illegitimate? Explain - Answer -The only time it is morally
legitimate to restrict the liberty of a fellow citizen is to prevent harm (or a violation of
liberty) to another
- restriction of their liberty in 3 ways: thought/speech, gathering with who you want, and
freedom to do what I want to do
What are the five hungers according to Loyola's mission statement? - Answer -Hunger
#1: Meaning/ Transcendence
Hunger #2: Knowledge
Hunger #3: The longing for a Moral 'Compass'
Hunger #4: Meaningful participation in Local community
Hunger #5: Meaningful participation in global community
What hungers are not identified in this account that you think should be added to it, if
any? Explain why. - Answer -Hunger #6: Respect
- relationships- friendship/love
- happiness
Be able to explain the various elements of Plato's Cave Parable and what they
represent. What does this parable intend to teach us, if anything, about the human
condition? - Answer -- Cave: the world/ anthens
- Prisoners: Members of society
- the chains: Knowledge that the community is openly accepting. Could be information
about social inequality, religion, moral understandings. Something that the community is
blind to...... or people stuck in generational knowledge
- the shadows: in this dialogue the shadows appear to be the conventional beliefs about
human well- being and justice among several other things (see conflicts between
appearance and reality above)-- often pushed by those in power
- the liberator/s: Plato presents Socrates as the liberator who comes down into the cave
of Athens to free the prisoners from the chains of their ignorance.
—> Socrates believes that if you tell the truth and begin to change society's
perspectives then you will be a victim of violence. He also mentions how sometimes
people don't want to know the truth about certain situations. It will take a person to
change our opinions and bring us out of the dark of situation
This lesson on the appolgy can be brought into many contexts and is important to
understand how we can often be blind to different injustices happening in our
communities
According to Mill what is liberty (or, freedom)? - Answer -Mills believes that liberty is the
presence of pleasure and the absence of pain
When is it legitimate for a community to restrict or limit an individual's capacity for self-
determination? When is it illegitimate? Explain - Answer -The only time it is morally
legitimate to restrict the liberty of a fellow citizen is to prevent harm (or a violation of
liberty) to another
- restriction of their liberty in 3 ways: thought/speech, gathering with who you want, and
freedom to do what I want to do
