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Philosophy: The Power of Ideas
Philosophy: The Power of Ideas, 5/e
Brooke Moore
Kenneth Bruder

Moral Philosophy

True or False



1

Socrates believed that non-virtuous conduct is usually the result of willing evil.
A)True
B)False
2

Plato held that the ultimate source of reality and goodness lies beyond the physical, natural world.
A)True
B)False
3

Aristotle thought that the key to happiness is having a soul that is well-ordered.
A)True
B)False
4

Epicureans and stoics agreed that the good life is the pleasant life.
A)True
B)False
5

St. Augustine believed that the existence of the Devil is the best explanation of why there is evil in a world created by a totally good God.
A)True
B)False
6

St. Hildegard believed that mystical experience was a source of knowledge as certain as reason.
A)True
B)False
7

St. Thomas Aquinas held that there were two sets of virtues, one set directing us to happiness on earth and the other directing us to eternal happiness.
A)True
B)False
8

Thomas Hobbes thought that peace requires justice which, given human nature, requires compulsion under the threat of force.
A)True
B)False
9

David Hume believed that moral judgments are based on reasoning from the observed facts of a situation.
A)True
B)False
10

Unlike the utilitarians, who based morality on consequences, Kant held that morality is categorical and thus must be based solely on reason.
A)True
B)False