PHI 208 PHI208 WEEK 5 FINAL EXAM ANSWERS (2019) - ASHFORD
Ashford PHI 208 Week 5 Final Exam Answers (2019)
Question 1
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According to “The Ring of Gyges,” the ring gave the shepherd who found it
psychic abilities.
superhuman strength.
invisibility.
justice.
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“Meta” can be translated as all of the following concepts EXCEPT
“behind”
“over”
“above”
“against”
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According to the textbook, how do each of us live out answers to Socrates’s essential question?
by making conscious, deliberate choices that reflect a view of what matters
by realizing that it is not up to us to say what is right or wrong
by never questioning others’ assumptions about how one should live
by simply following our inner feelings and desires
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A dialectical process aims at reflective equilibrium, which is best understood as a state of ____________.
absolute knowledge
moral perfection
equality among all views
Correct!
balance between abstract and concrete judgments
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Charlotte, a struggling single mother, sees a very wealthy man drop his wallet. Instead of informing him she keeps it and uses the money inside to buy some clothes and school supplies for her kids, but she feels guilty about doing that. How might an egoist of the sort Glaukon represents in his challenge explain her guilty feelings?
Charlotte’s guilt is the appropriate response to the objective wrong of stealing.
Charlotte is conditioned by society to feel bad about certain behaviors.
Charlotte, like most people, naturally cares about justice more than anything else.
Charlotte has failed to respect the fact that she deserves her poverty while the other man deserves his wealth.
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According to the author, which statement would support cultural relativism but conflict with the best explanation of notion of “respect”?
To respect another person or culture is to acknowledge that their beliefs and practices are worthy of respect.
To respect another person or culture is to be willing to judge some of their beliefs and practices better or worse than those of other persons or cultures.
To respect another person or culture is to acknowledge when our own lack of experience and understanding may lead us to withhold judgment.
Correct!
To respect another person or culture is to affirm that there is nothing inferior or superior about another culture, and therefore nothing to admire or criticize.
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Samara is considering how she should handle the fact that her employer overpaid her on her last check. Should she say something? Will she have to give the money back? Will her employer find out, and if so, is it better if Samara raises the issue first? These issues with which Samara is grappling are best described as ___________ judgments.
concrete
abstract
persuasive
unpopular
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Jewish law prescribes that their deceased be buried in a shroud (a tachrichim) in simple pine box with no metal parts. Muslims, however, do not bury their deceased in a casket, but rather in a shroud (a kafan) directly into an excavated grave oriented toward Mecca. The claim that each of these kinds of burial rites can be right would be an example of cultural __________.
coherence
egotism
objectivity
relativism
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Which of the following questions best illustrates the concept of practical reasoning?
“What is true knowledge?”
“Who should have access to education?”
“Where should I apply to school?”
“What makes a good teacher?”
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To which category do arguments regarding the morality of topics like abortion and eating animals belong?
normative ethics
applied ethics
metaethics
deontological ethics
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