Midterm 2

Question 1

Aristotle thought that the action itself is the most important component
of evaluating whether that action is ethical or not

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Aristotle believes that since human beings have no inherent function,
they should pursue lives of happiness and flourishing

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Aristotle believed that being virtuous means habituating ourselves into a
virtuous state by overcoming our natural state of existence

Answer 3

False

Question 4

Kant believed that the action itself is the most important component of
evaluating whether that action is moral or not

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Kant believed that compassionate actions are esteemable and
praiseworthy

Answer 5

True

Question 6

Mill believed that someone who pursues happiness by way of pursuing
money has the wrong relationship towards money

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Mill argued that some kinds of pleasure were better than others

Answer 7

True

Question 8

Camus thought that crimes of passion were justifiable

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Aristotle thought that it was possible for any living person to cultivate all
of the virtues

Answer 9

False

Question 10

Since Aristotle thought that living a virtuous life is naturally the best kind
of life for a human being, Aristotle thought that virtue arises in human beings
naturally.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

Kant believed that even if no harm comes from an action, it might still be
wrong

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Mill argued that everyone’s happiness or pleasure is equal

Answer 12

True

Question 13

Utilitarianism is a type of consequentialism.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

Consequentialism is a type of utilitarianism

Answer 14

False

Question 15

Aristotle believed that overindulgence was worse than cowardice

Answer 15

True

Question 16

Aristotle argued that all unethical actions were equally bad.

Answer 16

False

Question 17

For Grice, we always imply what we are saying

Answer 17

False

Question 18

Free question

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Kripke argues that speakers of multiple languages are incoherent if they
appear to have contradictory beliefs.

Answer 19

False

Question 20

For Frege, the referent of a sentence is the subject of that sentence

Answer 20

False

Question 21

For Frege, the sentence “Odysseus took 10 years to sail home” has a referent

Answer 21

False

Question 22

For Frege, the sentence “Odysseus took 10 years to sail home” has a sense

Answer 22

True

Question 23

For Frege, the thought that a sentence expresses is its sense

Answer 23

True

Question 24

For Frege, Truth and Falsity are not fundamental concepts.

Answer 24

True

Question 25

Frege argued that sentences that refer only refer to one of two possible referents

Answer 25

True