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Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #2
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #3
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #4
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #5
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #6
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #7
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #8
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #9
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #10
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #11
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #12
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #13
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #14
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #15
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #16
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #17
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #18
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #19
A FALSE
B TRUE
Question #20
A TRUE
B FALSE
Question #21
A Kant’s “Grounds for Metaphysics of Morals”
B Aristotle’s “Nicomachean Ethics”
C Plato’s Republic
D Plato’s “Euthyphro”
Question #22
A Humans are capable of being good, but because of their weakness choose to be bad
B Humans nature is fallen and sinful from the beginning and they are unable to be good
C Humans have divine nature and do not usually sin, but they make mistakes because of their lack of faith
D Humans are originally pure, but Satan makes them sinful by tempting them
Question #23
A Rumi
B Plato
C Augustine
D Kant
Question #24
A Each object can have three versions: the one depicted by painters, art, imitators, the second – the actual physical, and the third, which is the only original, true idea of the object
B There is no one object, but numerous, because each person sees his/her own version of the object
C Objects have three versions: The physical, which is the real, the imitation through art, which is the shadow and the imitation of the imitation, which is the third
D Objects are perceived in three ways: how people perceive them relatively, how people see them emotionally and how people interpret them subjectively
Question #25
A The garden of Eden
B Satan sinned and was cast out
C Satan wanted to become God
D Satan refused to bow down to newly created humans
Question #26
A Asceticism
B Hedonism
C Moksha
D Bakhti Yoga
Question #27
A One’s loyalty to duty
B Realization that all art is fake
C Realization that moral actions will be rewarded in a higher reality
D Usefulness and talents
Question #28
A Islam/Original Sin
B Utilitarianism/Maximizing happiness for the majority
C All pairs are correct
D Cultural Relativism/Universal, Objective Morality
Question #29
A Nirvana
B Yoga
C Kama
D Karma
Question #30
A You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because it is against the will of God
B Cheating is bad, but only in special cases you may, if it is necessary to achieve more important results.
C You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because it will produce bad education and will increase unhappiness for the majority
D You shouldn’t cheat on your exams, because if cheating on exams was the moral norm, there would be no exams, so it doesn’t make sense
Question #31
A The 10 commandments
B Cultural Norms
C Useful Consequences of actions
D Good Will
Question #32
A Bentham believes pleasure is pleasure, but Mill thinks higher, dignified and quality pleasure is the final goal
B Bentham believes utilitarianism must maximize pleasure and happiness, but Mill believes in supernaturalism and intuitionism
C There is no difference, they both believe in the same principle of pleasure and happiness as the final goal
D Mill thinks Happiness and Pleasure are not the final goal of human beings, but Bentham does
Question #33
A Unnecessary and superstitious
B Identical in all religions
C By necessity, highly metaphoric and symbolic
D Urban and political
Question #34
A Golden Rule
B Realism
C Descriptivism
D Pluralism
Question #35
A Kant is skeptical about morality and doesn’t believe there is objective morality
B An action is moral if it uses human beings as means to an end
C Things are good and bad in themselves and consequences do not matter
D Things are good if they produce more pleasure
Question #36
A Religious people, because it implies a belief in the emotional validity of the human soul
B Moral actions are driven by inner motivation originated from consciousness
C Materialists, because it implies a belief that moral actions are simply emotional phenomenon and are not real or valid
D Morality is different for different people and it all depends on their culture and upbringing
Question #37
A Moral statements that cannot be proven empirically, based on sensory data, are simply feelings and are meaningless
B Before taking action, one should carefully weigh “for” and “against” arguments
C All spiritual things are logical and therefore moral
D One should always chose the lesser of two evils
Question #38
A Humans possess innate ability to foresee upcoming events
B Moral choices can only be made based on inner conviction and knowledge of right and wrong.
C Human soul reincarnates in many bodies based on its karmic debt
D Humans have a soul and a spirit and both are immaterial
Question #39
A Societal Platonist
B Cultural Relativist
C Political Sceptic
D Utilitarianist
Question #40
A Bentham and Mill
B Kant and Ross
C Rumi and Lewis
D Anselm and Augustine