Central Piedmont Community Philosophical Ideologies Assignment See attachments, multiple choice and short answer. 1. In presenting the story of the ring of

Central Piedmont Community Philosophical Ideologies Assignment See attachments, multiple choice and short answer. 1. In presenting the story of the ring of Gyges, Glaucon is suggesting that morality is:
(a) A pursuit of self-interest
(b) A pursuit of virtue
(c) A compromise between exploiting and being exploited
(d) A compromise between competing virtues and vices
2. If we adopt Glaucon’s position, morality could be described as
(a) An extrinsic good (b) an intrinsic good (C) an extrinsic right (d) an intrinsic right
3. One reason Socrates rejects Glaucon’s account is because:
(a) Gyges’ good is intrinsically valuable
(b) Gyges’ good has no end or goal
(c) Gyges’ good is not intrinsically valuable
(d) Gyges’ good promotes moderation
4. For Socrates, justice promotes:
(a) Truth (b) Beauty (c) Self-interest (d) Health
5. Louis Pojman argues that ethical egoism fails as moral account. Give 2 reasons why he believes this to be the case.
6. For Immanuel Kant, ethics is a matter of:
(a) reason (b) moral sentiments (c) teleology (d) natural law
7. The problem Kant has with those that argue that morality is grounded on moral emotions is:
(a) Ethics would be a matter of following the dictates of reason.
(b) Ethics, at best, would provide contingent reasons for following laws, rules, social mores and so forth.
(c) Ethics would provide absolute reasons for following moral precepts.
(d) Ethics would become a matter of pursuing self-interest.
8. For Kant, nothing is good except a good will. Which of the following best describes what Kant means by a “good will”?
(a) One’s intention to follow the law
(b) One’s intention to follow one’s duties
(c) One’s intention to follow the moral law
(d) One’s intention to follow one’s gut
9. For Kant, the form of our moral prescriptions should take the form of a categorical imperative. Which of the following moral prescriptions corresponds to a categorical imperative?
(a) Always pursue ends that promote the most beneficial consequences with the least amount of harm.
(b) If an action causes one to feel repugnance, then one has an obligation to prevent it.
(c) Pursue what promotes a balance between deficit and excess.
(d) Never tell a lie.
10. Kant’s second formulation of the categorical imperative stresses that we should always treat others as:
(a) Ends
(b) Means
(c) Both means and ends
(d) Never as means or ends
11. Utilitarianism, according to John Stuart Mill, is a form of hedonism because:
(a) It aims the rightness of an act.
(b) It ignores our emotions.
(C) It aims to promote our moral sentiments.
(d) It aims at happiness.
12. The principle of utility is meant to focus on balancing:
(a) Our moral sentiments
(b) The consequences between benefits and harms
(c) Our virtues and vices
(d) Our passions and our reason
13. Unlike Kant, ethics for Mill is:
(a) Egoistic (b) Teleological (c) Sentimental (d) Nonconsequential
14. Aristotle’s ethics is premised on the ground that all human actions aim at:
(a) Rationality (b) Wonder (C) Well being (d) Virtue
15. For Aristotle ethics is a branch of politics. Why?
16. According to Epicurus, why should we not fear death?
17. Which of the following best describes a fulfilling life for Epicurus:
(a) Eat, drink, and be happy for tomorrow we may die.
(b) Pursue what one controls and avoid what one cannot control.
(c) Pursue simple pleasures moderately
(d) Avoid all pleasures
18. Epictetus unlike Epicurus suggests that a meaningful life is found by:
(a) Understand what is and is not within our control, and acting accordingly.
(b) Understanding what is natural and unnatural pleasures, and acting accordingly.
(c) Finding the mean between deficits and excess, and acting accordingly.
(d) Harmonizing our reason, desires, and will.
19. By stating that the only true philosophical problem is suicide, Albert Camus is suggesting:
(a) Suicide is a morally worthy act.
(b) Suicide is a inauthentic act.
(C) Suicide is a morally impermissible act.
(d) Suicide provides meaning to a meaningless life.
20. What does Camus mean by the “absurd”?
21. Why might we imagine Sisyphus happy, According to Camus?

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