Philosophy multiple choice questions and answers

Please answer these 10 philosophy multiple choice questions as good as you possibly can. ( you can state the answer of each question next to the question, or you can also Email me a copy of the answer key)

#1- This question refers to the following argument:

1.It is wrong to discriminate against handicapped people.

2.There is no doubt that Tracy Latimer was terribly handicapped and that was the reason she was killed.

3.Therefore, It was wrong for Tracy’s father to kill her.

Statement # 1 can best be described as a

A,command

B,statement of fact

C,specific ethical prescription

D, normative generalization

#2- This question refers to the following argument:

1.It is wrong to discriminate against handicapped people.

2.There is no doubt that Tracy Latimer was terribly handicapped and that was the reason she was killed.

3.Therefore, It was wrong for Tracy’s father to kill her.

Statement # 2 can be described as a

A, a rhetorical question

B, statement of fact

C, normative generalization

D, a specific ethical prescription

#3- A valid argument is one in which:

A, it is impossible for the conclusion to be false if the reason or reasons are true

B, The conclusion follows from its reasons with a high degree of probability

C, The reasons are true but the conclusion is false

D, All the reasons and the conclusion are true

#4- A sound argument

A, is valid and had true reasons

B, is the same as a cogent argument

C, is inductive

D, is sound only because of its form

#5- 1.If we accept the ideas the Tracy Latimer's life is "not worth living" and say that she may be killed, we will end up taking the same attitude toward the lives of other handicapped people, and perhaps even other classes of people as well.

2.That would be monstrous.

3.Therefore, we should not accept the idea that Tracy Latimer may be killed.

The above argument is an example of:

A, a slippery slope argument

B, argumentum ad hominem

C, a deductive argument

D, reductio ad absurdum

#6- Which of the following is an example of a nonmoral statement.

A, Euthanasia is wrong

B, You should always seek to create the greatest happiness for the greatest number

C, It is the Catholic Church's position that abortion is murder

D, Torture, even in defense of national security, is an evil

#7- Which of the following discourses does not contain an argument?

A, John’s death was not premeditated; therefore, it was not 1st degree murder.

B, “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.”

C, Euthanasia is morally permissible, and perhaps morally obligatory, because it decreases suffering.

D, “The bigger the burger, the better the burger. The burgers are better at Burger King, since the burgers are bigger at Burger King."

#8- A "normative generalization" may also be thought of as a:

A, moral principle

B, a moral calculus

C, a set of rules of conduct

D, a theory

#9- 1. It is wrong to use people as means to other people's ends

2.Taking Baby Theresa's organs would be using her as a means to other people's ends

(specifically, as a means of benefiting the other infants.)

3. Therefore, taking Baby Theresa's organs would be wrong.

In the above argument, statement #3 can be considered:

A, an observation statement

B, a normative generalization

C, a moral principle

D, a specific ethical judgment

#10- Arguments consist of all and only statements. Which of the following sentences is not a statement?

A, The walls in Penn State’s classrooms are painted “Navajo White.”

B, If you are not part of the solution you are part of the problem.

C, The criminal chooses his punishment by the crime.

D,

“Do not go gentle into that good night.”