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

Recent Moral and Political Philosophy

True or False



1

G. E. Moore thought that goodness is a simple, nonnatural, and undefinable property.
A)True
B)False
2

According to W. D. Ross, we never have an absolute duty to keep our promises.
A)True
B)False
3

The emotivists thought that moral judgments are genuine propositions with a clear, factual meaning.
A)True
B)False
4

John Rawls argued that rational, self-interested people choosing from behind a veil of ignorance would agree that there should be no inequalities in liberty or wealth and income in the just society.
A)True
B)False
5

Robert Nozick is a libertarian who thinks that only a state limited to the functions of a night-watchman is morally justifiable.
A)True
B)False
6

According to Alasdair MacIntyre, morality should focus more on the question of which character traits promote human flourishing rather than on questions about which principles of right conduct are the correct ones.
A)True
B)False
7

Making and defending moral judgments is known as metaethics.
A)True
B)False
8

According to Rawls the most important good is respecting others.
A)True
B)False
9

Classical liberalism argued that the government should not interfere in economic affairs.
A)True
B)False
10

Herbert Marcuse argued that the reason the Marxist revolution didn't happen in modern industrial societies is because capitalism doesn't really lead to the exploitation and alienation of workers that Marx said it did.
A)True
B)False