Socrates thought that no one knowingly does evil because _______
A. evil is the result of ignorance
B. evil is rooted in the unconscious
C. people naturally make good choices without having to think about it
D. evil is really an illusion
Answer: A
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In the context of natural law, the ________ states that an action which causes serious harm may be permissible if that harm is an unintended side effect of bringing about a particular good.
A. principle of reciprocity B. naturalistic fallacy C. principle of double effect D. golden rule
Socrates argues that the charge of atheism is self-contradictory because
A) Meletus is an evil man. B) no one can truly be an atheist. C) there can be no divine activities without gods and Meletus has acknowledged that Socrates does believe in divine activities. D) Socrates does not believe the sun is stone.
McCloskey's Utilitarian Informant thought experiment is intended to show that
A. utilitarianism is consistent with our notion of rights. B. utilitarianism is not consistent with our notion of rights. C. rights can be given proper respect by maximizing happiness for all concerned. D. maximizing happiness is more important than rights.
More physicians choose surgery over an alternative treatment when surgery is described as having a one-month survival rate of 90% than when surgery is described as having a one-month mortality rate of 10%. The reason for this is...
A. Surgery has better long-term outcomes if the patient survives the first month, but a chance of fatal complications in the first month B. The first way of describing the surgery leads them to focus on the people who survive rather than die. C. The surgery described as having a one-month survival rate of 90% has higher expected utility than the surgery described as having a one-month mortality rate of 10% D. The surgery described as having a one-month mortality rate of 10% has higher expected utility than the surgery described as having a one-month survival rate of 90%