Ethics Ch.7

25 August 2022
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Aristotle was the first philosopher to develop a complex ethical philosophy related to the ideas of natural law theory.
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True
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One problem for natural rights theory is that not everyone agrees on what human nature requires.
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True
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According to Rorry, there is no common human nature to use as a moral reference point.
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True
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Moral requirements cannot be grounded in human nature according to natural rights theory.
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False
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The idea that the basic moral law can be known by human reason and that we know what it requires by looking to human nature are two of the tenets of natural law theory.
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True
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Moral laws are descriptive generalizations of fact.
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False
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The natural state of human liberty is a state of license according to Locke.
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False
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Locke argued all humans should be treated equally because we all have the same basic nature.
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True
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Existentialists like Sartre believe that essence precedes existence.
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False
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Evolutionary theory may present a challenge to natural law theory.
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True
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For Thomas Aquinas all laws created by humans are derived from natural law.
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False
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One philosopher who does not agree that there is such a thing as human nature is
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Sartre
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According to Thomas Aquinas, humans are naturally inclined to be good based on reason.
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True
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Civil law is prescriptive and as such tells us how we ought to behave.
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True
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For Locke every person has a distinct right to punish those who transgress the natural law.
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True
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The Declaration of Independence draws on the theory of a. Aristotle. b. Hobbes. c. Plato. d. Locke.
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d. Locke
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"Laws of nature" is another way of referring to natural law theory.
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False