Philosophy

Philosophy Study Guide

9.15 Chapter Nine Practice Exam

1. Which philosopher wrote about the ethics of care which holds that our individual ethical actions are motivated by what they define as a caring response rooted in natural caring? a. Noddings b. Singer c. Mil d. Camus 2. What term refers to the ethical theory focuses on the moral quality of individuals rather than their actions? a. The Golden Mean b. Teleological c. Virtue ethics d. Entelechy 3. In Aristotle’s ethics, which is used to describe the desirable middle between two extremes, one of excess and the other of deficiency? a. Hedonism b. Utilitarianism c. Golden Mean d. Existentialism 4. Which philosopher believes that all of life is governed by a primal force, the will to power, the will to grow, spread, seize, become dominant that is manifested in all living things with the ultimate moral good is an individual’s striving to exert his or her will to power to the fullest possible extent? a. Epicurus b. Kant c. Singer d. Nietzsche 5. What term refers to the view that everything has a design or a purpose? a. Maxim b. Teleological c. Entelechy d. Priori 6. Which term is used to describe a prior experience often used to describe a proposition, argument,

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