Phil 110 F11: Quizzes

Quiz 9
Please write your name and "Quiz 9" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. What is Mill's "Greatest Happiness Principle"? (2 points)
  2. What is the "Principle of Impartiality"? (2 points)
  3. Explain one objection to Utilitarianism that Mill considers (3 points). How does he respond to this objection? (3 points)

Quiz 8
Please write your name and "Quiz 8" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Explain the four character types Kant discusses. (2 points each)
  2. Which of these does Kant think is most moral? Why? (2 points)

Quiz 6
Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave (a picture is fine). (6 points)
  2. What are two consequences Plato wants us to draw from this allegory? (2 points each)

Quiz 5
Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. In Taoism, what is meant by "being" (2 points)? By "non being" (2 points)? Illustrate these concepts with an example (2 points).
  2. What is Yin (2 points)?
  3. What is Yang (2 points)?

Quiz 4
Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. According to Hume, what is an impression (1 point)? What is an idea (1 point)? How do we distinguish between them (2 points)?
  2. What is one argument Hume gives for the claim that all ideas are derived from impressions (2 points)?
  3. According to Hume, what is the source of our ideas of cause and effect (4 points)?

Quiz 3
Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Explain two forms of doubt that Descartes considers in Meditation I. For each form of doubt, be sure to explain the nature of the doubt (2 points each), what beliefs that form of doubt calls into question (1.5 points each), and what beliefs survive that form of doubt (1.5 points each).

Quiz 2
Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Briefly describe two of the criteria for knowledge that Al-Ghazali articulates. (1 point each)
  2. What are the two sources of self-evident knowledge Al-Ghazali considers? (2 points each)
  3. Why does he reject these two sources of knowledge? (2 points each)

Quiz 1
Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then answer the following questions:
  1. Briefly explain the structure of an Athenian trial. (6 points)
  2. What are two of the charges Socrates is accused of? (2 points each)
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