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Question 1 3 out of 3 points

The branch of ethics that explores answer to the question, "Is abortion morally right or wrong?" is Selected Answer:

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Normative ethics

Question 2 3 out of 3 points

If you believe that moral facts are mind-dependent then you think they are: Selected Answer:

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Invente d

Question 3 3 out of 3 points

Which branch of ethics asks nonmoral questions about morality? Selected Answer:

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Metaethic s

Question 4 3 out of 3 points

According to ethical naturalism, moral properties are: Selected Answer:

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Grounded in natural properties

Question 5 3 out of 3 points

The branch of ethics that explores answer to the question, "What grounds moral facts?" is Selected Answer:

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Metaethic s

Question 6 0 out of 3 points

Subjectivist metaethical theories are: Selected Answer:

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realis t

Question 7 3 out of 3 points

According to the atheist Bertrand Russell, if there is no God, then all we can do is build our lives on the firm foundation of unyielding despair. Selected Answer:

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Question 8

Tru e

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One advantage of Theism over Platonic Atheism, is that: Selected Answer:

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Theism ultimately grounds moral facts in a person, whereas they are brute facts for Platonic Atheism. Question 9 3 out of 3 points

Just because an individual (or group of individuals) believe something is the case, that doesn't mean it is the case. Selected Answer:

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Tr ue

Question 10 3 out of 3 points

Examples of noncogitivist metaethical theories include: Selected Answer:

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Prescriptivis m

Question 11 3 out of 3 points

According to emotivism, "murder is wrong" is understood to mean: Selected Answer:

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"I disapprove of murder"

Question 12 3 out of 3 points

According to simple subjectivism, whatever an individual believes to be true is true (for that person). Selected Answer:

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Tr ue

Question 13 Needs Grading

Which metaethical theory holds that morality is subjective and grounded in attitudes? Selected Answer:

The Meta-ethical theory that holds as subjective and grounded in attitued is the theory of Meta-ethical Relativism. Response Feedback:

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[None Given]

Question 14 0 out of 3 points

Which distinction is made among Divine Command Theorists?

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Metaphysical/mate

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Question 15 0 out of 3 points

Egoism necessarily entails the ideas that one should not help his neighbor and that one should do whatever he/she wants to do.

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Tr ue

Question 16 3 out of 3 points

Normative Ethics is the branch of ethics that:

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deals with questions regarding the “how” of morality; is concerned most centrally with questions about the way of doing morality.

Question 17 0 out of 3 points

For MacIntyre, the process of judging the intellectual viability of ethical views is a 3stage process. Which is NOT one of those stages?

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A stage in which the relevant beliefs, texts, and authorities have not been put in question

Question 18 3 out of 3 points

The authors use the quote by Ayn Rand, man “must live for his own sake, neither sacrificing himself to other nor sacrificing other to himself” to describe which ethical theory?

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Egois m

Question 19 0 out of 3 points

The authors note that because Utilitarianism broadens its concern to all people or an entire community, it is an improvement on Egoism.

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Fal se

Question 20 3 out of 3 points

Deontological theories are primarily concerned with:

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Duties, obligations, and moral commands

Question 21 0 out of 3 points

The authors describe the ancient concept eudaimonia (what Aristotle believed to be

the end/purpose of every man) as:

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Happine ss

Question 22 3 out of 3 points

A virtue is some positive characteristic of a person that is life- producing, beneficial, or helpful in nature.

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Tr ue

Question 23 3 out of 3 points

In Deontological ethics, “a rule or command that is universally and objectively applicable” is called a:

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Categorical imperative

Question 24 3 out of 3 points

Which of the following are objections to/weakness of utilitarianism provided by the authors?

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All of the above

Question 25 0 out of 3 points

Aristotle believed that we can find virtue between the vices of excess and deficiency. This virtuous point in between the vices he called:

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Temperan ce...