Phil110 Su12: Quizzes

Quiz 6
Please write your name and "Quiz 6" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions.
  1. What is the 'doctrine fit only for swine' objection to utilitarianism (3 points)? How does Mill respond to this (2 points)?
  2. What are two candidates for the highest good Aristotle considers (1 point each)? Why does he reject them (1 point each)?
  3. What does Aristotle mean by the terms 'function' 'virtue' and 'vice' (1 point for each term)? Illustrate these concepts with an example (3 points).
Quiz 5
Please write your name and "Quiz 5" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions.
  1. Briefly describe the four character types Kant considers (2 points each). Which does he think is the most moral? Why (2 points)?
  2. State the Formula of Universal Law (2 points). How does Kant us this to show that it is wrong to make a lying promise (3 points)?

Quiz 4
Please write your name and "Quiz 4" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Explain Plato's Sun Analogy (2 points).
  2. Explain Plato's Line Analogy (4 points). A picture is fine. 
  3. Explain Plato's Allegory of the Cave (5 points). A picture is fine. What are two conclusions we can draw from this allegory (2 points each)?

Quiz 3
Please write your name and "Quiz 3" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Explain the Taoist concepts of Being and Non-being (2 points each). Illustrate them with an example (2 points).
  2. Define Yin (2 points). Define Yang (2 points). Give an example that illustrates these concepts (2 points).
  3. Describe the Taoist cosmology (3 points).

Quiz 2
Please write your name and "Quiz 2" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. What are two of the three criteria for knowledge that Al-Ghazali considers (2 points each)?
  2. What are the two sources of knowledge Al-Ghazali considers (1 points each)? Why does he reject them (1 points each)?
  3. Articulate Al-Ghazali's hierarchy of belief (5 points). How does he use this to explain why mystics are held in such low regard (2 points)?

Quiz 1
Please write your name and "Quiz 1" at the top of your paper. Then, answer the following questions:
  1. Describe the structure of an Athenian trial (A list of bullet points is fine). (5 points)
  2. What were the three charges leveled against Socrates at his trial? (2 points each)
  3. What is Socrates' epistemological position? (2 points) How is this related to the Oracle at Delphi? (2 points)
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