According to St. Augustine, each of the following is a necessary ingredient in human happiness EXCEPT:

a. You must be good.
b. You must seek out something that is better than your soul.
c. Man’s chief good must be loved and possessed.
d. The mere absence of physical pain.


Ans: d. The mere absence of physical pain.

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According to utilitarianism, the reason things like greed and ingratitude are vices is that:

A. They are things we don't like about ourselves or others. B. They lead to some people having more money, etc., than others. C. They tend to cause harm to others. D. They make the wrong people happy.

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A) Self-contradictory. B) Contingent. C) Consistent. D) Tautologous. E) Logically equivalent.

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What did Hume say appeared "nauseous" to him?

a. Rationalism b. Economics c. Religion d. Law

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