Ayn Rand propagated the idea of objectivist ethics, which proposed that:
A. one must become a socialist and fight for improving the lives of the poor.
B. fulfilling one's immediate desires leads to moral corruption.
C. a man's life is not his own; instead it belongs to God or his neighbors.
D. there is no source of values other than objective reality.
Answer: D
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the answer that best characterizes each immediate inference. Adopt the Aristotelian standpoint for these problems. Some religious displays are violations of the First Amendment. Therefore, some violations of the First Amendment are religious displays
A) Invalid, illicit contraposition. B) Valid. C) Invalid, illicit contrary. D) Invalid, illicit subcontrary. E) Invalid, illicit conversion.
Kant claims that a good will is manifested when a person does good from duty, not inclination. Why does he claim this?
A) Inclination is a feeling, and feelings cannot be morally commanded. B) We must be inclined to do what is good. C) Morality is a matter of feeling, not of will. D) What we will is based on how we feel.
The field of ethics includes the study of:
A. which character traits are good and bad. B. how we ought to act. C. what a good person is. D. Both A and B E . All of the above
The key word in the traditional East Asian worldview is __________
a. harmony b. liberation c. nirvana d. salvation e. unity