Exploring Ethics
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According to Socrates, what does it mean to live a fully human life?

  • To fulfill our critical needs
  • To eat, sleep, work, and procreate
  • To use our faculty of thought to raise our existence above that of mere beasts (correct)
  • To cultivate balance in our soul
  • According to Plato, what happens when individuals are ruled by appetite or spirit?

  • They fulfill their critical needs
  • They live a virtuous life
  • Their actions are likely to provoke personal or social disharmony (correct)
  • They become fully human
  • What is Plato's teleological concept of morality?

  • Everything has a purpose and we fulfill our critical needs by pursuing our desires
  • Everything has a purpose and we live a virtuous life by cultivating balance in our soul
  • Everything has a purpose and we live the good life by performing our distinctively human function well (correct)
  • Everything has a purpose and we become fully human by using our faculty of thought
  • According to Plato, which part of the soul is responsible for emotions and desires?

    <p>Spirit</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is NOT a belief of the Enlightenment?

    <p>Religion is necessary to understand the world</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Thomas Hobbes, why do citizens need kings?

    <p>To protect them from violence and disorder</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What form of government did Jean-Jacques Rousseau believe is the best?

    <p>Direct democracy</p> Signup and view all the answers

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