Reference no: EM13453523

1.The paradox of tolerance leads to which difficulty? 

• total tolerance leads to the disappearance of tolerance.
• total tolerance would mean that one would have to tolerate the intolerant.
• humans could not repress intolerant philosophies.
• all of the above
• none of the above

2. Which of the following is a claim that utilitarian might use to argue that prayer should not be allowed in school?

• Prayer in school is a universal right of all people in this country
• Prayer is a fundamental principle that makes people's lives happier
• Not being able to pray is a lesser harm than forcing people who want to pray to refrain from prayer in school.
• All of the above
• None of the above

3. Which statement might logically support the claim that prayer should not be protected speech?

• Allowing prayer could create disharmony between groups of students who choose to participate and those that do not.
• Times for voluntary prayer would be potential times where non-religious students felt unduly compelled to participate in religious activities.
• Those who desire prayer in school hate people who are agnostic or atheist.
• A and B
• B and C

4. The harm principle states

• the only time the government can limit someone's freedom is when the individual's actions would harm another person.
• the only time the government can limit someone's freedom is when individuals' actions cause harm to themselves.
• actions that harm people are bad.
• one can harm another so long as she is protecting herself from harm.
• none of the above

5. Which statement represents a utilitarian viewpoint about the legality of pornography?

• Pornography harms people who participate in it.
• Pornography demonstrates the virtue of sex.
• Pornography serves to enhance the enjoyment of a certain portion of the population.
• Men use pornography as an aid in supplying sperm samples for the purposes of in vitro fertilization.
• C and D

6. Which outcome results from applying ethical theories to social and ethical issues?

• We can prove that other people are wrong in their beliefs.
• We can learn more about the theories themselves.
• We will have greater evidence and support for our own ethical positions.
• A and B
• B and C

7. Logic examines which type of argument?

• inductive
• reductive
• deductive
• A and B
• A and C

8. Which evidence would best support the claim that prayer in school should be allowed?

@This is a holistic problem answered by studying various aspects.

• A tornado swerved out of the path of the school when students prayed that they would be safe.
• The state testing scores at a high school improved at the same time that a group of students began a morning prayer club.
• A study run by the psychology program at Harvard discovered a correlation between prayer and the ability to control anger in teenagers.
• Your cousin told you that God hates people who don't pray.
• None of the above

9. If a deductive argument is valid and its premises are true,

• the conclusion must be true.
• the conclusion must be false.
• the conclusion is improbable.
• the conclusion is probable.
• none of the above

Question 10. 10. The ethical emotivist would most agree most which statement?

• Ethical judgments are based in factual evidence.
• Ethical judgments are based in universal ethical principles.
• Ethical judgments are the result of moral senses that one experiences when seeing a moral act.
• Ethical judgments are the outcome of developing a specific character.
• none of the above