Émile Durkheim, French sociologist of religion, defined religion as:
A) ?"The daughter of Hope and Fear, explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable"
B) ?"A set of things which the average man thinks he believes and wishes he was certain of"
C) ?"A unified system of beliefs and practices . . . which unite into one single moral community"
D) ?"The key to the ultimate truth about life"
C
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INSTRUCTIONS: Select the best translation for each categorical proposition. All the desserts except the creampuffs are available
A) Some creampuffs are available and some creampuffs are not available. B) No creampuffs are desserts that are available and all desserts that are not creampuffs are desserts that are available. C) No creampuffs are desserts that are available. D) All creampuffs are desserts that are available and no desserts that are not creampuffs are desserts that are available. E) All desserts that are not creampuffs are desserts that are available.
According to (what Regan calls) the "indirect duty" view of the treatment of animals, we
a. have a duty to animals to prevent their suffering, but the duty is best met indirectly by having experts do the work of preventing animal suffering. b. have no real duties to animals themselves, but if harming an animal causes suffering in a human, then our duties to the human may imply that we should not cause harm to the animal. c. have direct duties only when we cheerfully and willingly volunteer for them, but indirect duties if we merely accept them as obligations. d. have important duties to animals, but those duties are not as important as those we have to other humans. e. have a duty to relieve the suffering of animals only if we are the direct and immediate cause of that suffering.
According to Thomas, what is the relationship of free will to love?
What will be an ideal response?
The correspondence theory of truth says
A. a claim is TRUE when the world is as it says it is. B. a claim is TRUE when it works. C. a claim is TRUE when it coheres with other beliefs. D. a claim is TRUE when someone believes it to be true.