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Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The paradox of toleration is no longer relevant to today’s global culture.
a. True
b. False
2. Civil disobedience assumes it is permissible to violate a law that goes against your conscience.
a. True
b. False
3. Secular ethics are only for atheists.
a. True
b. False
4. John Locke believed in toleration of religious dissenters.
a. True
b. False
5. According to the “divine command” theory of ethics, certain actions are right because God wills them for us. We
therefore have a duty to find out exactly what God wills and distinguish it from what is merely a fallible human wish or
interpretation of what God’s will might be.
a. True
b. False
6. The Divine Command Theory states that certain actions are sins, based on their moral and ethical value.
a. True
b. False
7. A theodicy is an argument that seeks to discredit belief in a deity.
a. True
b. False
8. The idea of ahisma was originally developed by Aristotle.
a. True
b. False
9. Divine command theory is a form of deontological ethics.
a. True
b. False
10. The Golden Rule is followed by most of the world’s major religions.
a. True
b. False
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11. According to Habermas, fundamentalism is incongruous with democratic society.
a. True
b. False
12. Philosophical ethics is necessarily incompatible with religious conviction.
a. True
b. False
13. Value pluralism argues that there are multiple and conflicting goods in the world, which cannot be reduced to some
other good.
a. True
b. False
14. The concept of a single moral community that is not bound to cultural or religious traditions is known as
cosmopolitanism.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
15. Which thinker did NOT promote civil disobedience as a method for protesting and reforming law systems?
a. Thoreau.
b. Kant.
c. Gandhi.
d. King Jr.
16. In which society did tolerance and pluralism originate?
a. Western Europe, during the enlightenment.
b. Ancient Greece.
c. Ancient Rome.
d. Many societies across the world, throughout history.
17. After which major international conflict was the United Nations formed?
a. World War I.
b. The Boer War.
c. The Civil War.
d. World War II.
18. Which approach is aimed at finding common ground between world religions and cultural traditions?
a. Religious pluralism.
b. The Golden Rule.
c. The Golden Mean.
d. Value Pluralism.
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19. Which amendment of the US Constitution proclaims religious liberty?
a. First.
b. Second.
c. Third.
d. Fourth.
Indicate one or more answer choices that best complete the statement or answer the question.
20. The paradox of toleration questions whether which of the following should be tolerated?
a. Intolerance
b. Philosophy
c. Religion
d. Authority
21. Immanuel Kant defined enlightenment in terms of what?
a. Religion
b. Divine right
c. Education
d. Freedom
22. According to your text, which of the following is sometimes criticized for expressing Eurocentric ideals?
a. The divine command theory of ethics
b. Secular humanism
c. Civil disobedience
d. Ahisma
23. The era known as the Enlightenment occurred during which time period?
a. The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
b. The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
c. The sixth and seventh centuries
d. The twentieth century
24. Which of the following problems is a theodicy intended to address?
a. The problem of God’s existence
b. The problem of relativism
c. The problem of evil
d. The problem of atheism
25. In Plato’s Euthyphro, who subscribes to a divine command theory of ethics?
a. Euthyphro
b. Socrates
c. Plato
d. The court of Athens
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Answer Key
1. False
2. True
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