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PHIL 201 QUIZ #7 • Question 1 The idea that all free beings God could actually create would misuse their freedom at some time is called “transworld depravity.” • Que... stion 2 Goods like courage and sympathy • Question 3 The logical form of the problem of evil: • Question 4 The apparent fact that God’s existence is not clearly manifested is a mystery for which believers have no explanation. • Question 5 Which of the following is a weakness with soul-making theodicies? • Question 6 Which of the following is NOT a significant development from the 1960’s moral revolution? • Question 7 ________ comes hand in hand with an ethic, because it identifies values to be propogated and virtues to be cultivated. • Question 8 Empirical sciences focus increasingly on the __________ of particular problems while ethics focuses on what people _________ to do. • Question 9 The Bible gives us a ___________ basis for our moral obligation, in terms of our obligation to do the will of God, the Creator and Lawgiver. • Question 10 Ethics is similar to anthropology and sociology because they focus on human behaviors and the consequences of human action. • Question 11 For virtues ethics the “good” is located in the: • Question 12 According to Dr. Martin, what is gratuitous evil? • Question 13 The pointecast presentation on why be moral would support the idea that each individual should be free to formulate his/her own ethical norms. • Question 14 According to Dr. Martin, why is evil a problem for theists? • Question 15 When I ask “Why be moral?” on the pointecast, I am asking about the specific moral rules that one follows. • Question 16 What view holds that moral language simply expresses and perhaps arouses emotion so that nothing we say in moral terms is either true or false about anything: • Question 17 Which of the following is NOT one of Holmes’ criticisms of emotivism? • Question 18 The idea that we argue as we do because our culture has so conditioned us, and the idea that we regard our morality as superior, makes us what? • Question 19 3 According to emotivism, moral language is basically ___________, because it is not empirical or analytic. • Question 20 In contrast to emotivism, which views ethical judgments as expressions of feelings, ethical subjectivism views such statements as: [Show More]

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