To Muslims, Islam is the newest and so the best religion. They concede that divine revelation was granted to the Jews and Christians previously. But they perverted it. Islam restored it in its true form, and that makes it the oldest and the most universal of the religions. The first man Adam, they say, was a Muslim, because he practiced __________ to God, which is what the word Islam means.


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What will be an ideal response?

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What kind of claim is Ruth Benedict making when she states that there are no universal moral standards? Explain the statement "[we] have no right to claim that our choice is better than any other culture's."

What will be an ideal response?

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For Kant persons were worthy of infinite respect and belonged to the “kingdom of

ends” because

a. they were capable of reason b. were human beings c. were sentient beings d. All of the above

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Stocker maintains that the basic flaw in utilitarian ethical theories (and other

contemporary ethical theories) is that they neglect the essential importance of a. reason. b. the person. c. community solidarity. d. concern for other species. e. concern for inanimate objects and environmental goods as goods-in-themselves.

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