According to Mill how can we know which pleasures ought to be pursued?
a. There is no universal standard, each person should pursue whatever feels good to him or her.
b. The government should decide this for its citizens.
c. Those persons who have had the widest range of experience know that the higher, refined pleasures are better.
d. Since most people prefer physical pleasure over elitist, intellectual pleasures, the will of the majority cannot be wrong.
c. Those persons who have had the widest range of experience know that the higher,
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A criticism George Mavrodes makes of Bertrand Russell’s atheism is that
a. secular morality cannot explain why we should make sacrifices for the sake of moral duty. b. Russell cannot explain who made the world. c. it is impossible for an atheist to do what is morally right. d. there could be no meaning to the phrase "morally good" if there were no divine commands.
The fundamental assumption of the Upanishads is that there is but one true reality in the universe, which is the
a. Vishnu. b. Brahman. c. Shiva. d. Manu.
When religion and morality are considered:
a. the moral instructions of the world's great religions are often general and imprecise. b. most people act rightly only because their religion tells them to. c. atheists are likely to be less moral than religious people. d. in practice, people who share a religion will agree on all moral questions
An example of Virtue Ethics is
a. Ayn Rand b. Father M. Kolbe c. Al Capone d. Nietzsche