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Question

1. According to Scheffler, our conviction that things matter is sustained by our confidence that

God exists.

the human soul is immortal.

human life will continue after our own deaths.

all of the above.

2. According to Frankfurt, Scheffler believes that __________ would lose its importance to us in the absence of belief in the afterlife.

religious worship

creative activity

leisure activity

all of the above

3. Scheffler is justified in claiming that not having successors might lessen the importance we put on our projects; but, according to Frankfurt, our projects

would only lose that part of their value that depends on our anticipation of their future.

would still have their value for the present.

would be measured by their intrinsic value not their instrumental value.

all of the above.