What makes right acts right, according to the Divine Command Theory?
a. God has commanded them
b. We live in a society that proclaims certain actions as right
c. They accord with pure reason
d. They promote happiness
a
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For philosophers, the important question is not how we come to have the particular moral principles we have, but
whether we can justify them.
a. True b. False
When the author states that philosophy ought to be rational, he means that:
A. the British Empiricists were wrong. B. philosophers should be able to give reasons, evidence, and arguments for their beliefs. C. philosophical principles ought to apply to everyone everywhere. D. philosophers ought not be influenced by their non-philosophical views. E. philosophy ought to be treated like another branch of science.
On what basis did Clarence Darrow and Baron D'Holbach argue against freedom of the will?
A. The will is constrained by social forces. B. People do not always make the best decisions. C. People do not understand why they do the things they do. D. The will is subject to natural forces just like everything else.
Negative rights are those which
a. deny entitlement to perform certain actions b. are not absolute c. do not require assistance so much as protection from interference d. define what must not be done