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ETHICS FINAL EXAM questiions and answers graded A+ 2023/2024
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Prescriptive statements, also known as normative statements, are meant to express truth claims about the way things are. - correct answer false 
 
Your friend claims that there is only one, absolute, moral rule: seek power at all costs. Who would agree without qualification? (There is only one option): - correct answer Thrasymachus 
 
Why does Moore think the naturalistic fallacy is a mistake? - correct answer A. If we say 'good' refers to a psychological state, then we'll never be able to settl...
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COMMRC 0310 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
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How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer-the study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive 
 
Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer-The Sophists were a group of wandering Sicilians that taught Athenians how to speak persuasively with the goal of navigating the courts and senate. They were important because Athenian citizens relied heavily on public speech to deal with ...
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Quiz Bowl – Philosophy Latest Update 
 
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metaphysics study of ultimate reality 
 
epistemology study of origin of knowledge 
 
ethics study of morals 
 
aesthetics study of beauty 
 
Thales of Miletus Ionian School (500s BC) 
all matter is a form of water 
 
Anaximander Ionian School (500s BC) 
student of Thales; all matter is a form of apeiron ("the boundless") 
 
Anaximenes Ionian School (500s BC) 
 
all matter is a form of air 
 
Pythagoras Pythagorean School (500s BC) 
establ...
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COMMRC 0310 Midterm Study Guide (Bannon) Exam Questions And All Correct Answers
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COMMRC 0310 Midterm Study Guide (Bannon) Exam Questions And All Correct Answers 
 
How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer -- "The study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive" 
- How discourses get things done in our social world 
 
Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer -- They were a group of Sicilians who taught the Athenians how to speak persuasively to navigate the courts and the senate. As they sold their wi...
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COMMRC 0310 Final Study Guide Exam Questions And Answers
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COMMRC 0310 Final Study Guide Exam Questions And Answers 
 
Three characteristic aspects of classical Western rhetoric - Answer -Oral, persuasive, and public 
 
Plato's viewpoint on reality - Answer -We cannot know reality except in an ideal, abstract sense 
 
Aristotle's viewpoint on reality - Answer -By observation, we can come to know the reality of experiences 
 
Dialectic - Answer -A rigorous action between ideas to determine truth 
 
Cicillian Sophists - Answer -The first Sophists recogn...
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Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Civilization - South Texas College HUMA 1301
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Chapter 3: Ancient Greek Civilization 
1. During the Mycenaean civilization, who was the great poet and what were his two important 
literary works that influenced the Greeks and formed part of Western literature? Homer, Iliad 
and the Odyssey 
2. In a period known as the Dark Ages from 1100 B.C. to 800 B.C., life reverted to simpler forms and 
people lived in relative isolation. 
3. The period from the 9th to the 6th century B.C. is known as the Archaic Age 
4. A typical Greek city-state would ...
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Bowl – Philosophy Exam Study Questions and Answers Graded A 2024
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metaphysics - study of ultimate reality 
 
epistemology - study of origin of knowledge 
 
ethics - study of morals 
 
aesthetics - study of beauty 
 
Thales of Miletus - Ionian School (500s BC) 
all matter is a form of water 
 
Anaximander - Ionian School (500s BC) 
student of Thales; all matter is a form of apeiron ("the boundless") 
 
Anaximenes - Ionian School (500s BC) 
all matter is a form of air 
 
Pythagoras - Pythagorean School (500s BC) 
established school in Crotona, Italy; emphasize...
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HUMN I final Exam Questions With Answers
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HUMN I final Exam Questions With Answers 
The Greek word eudaimonia refers to? 
the good or flourishing life 
 
 
the Parthenon's 40 foot ivory and gold statue of Athena was intended to represent? 
Athens political power 
 
 
The Sophists differed from the Pre-Socratics in their focus on? 
The actions of human beings 
 
 
Socrates differed from the sophists, most notably, in his emphasis on? 
philosophical wisdom 
 
 
According to Aristotle, a person could come to know universal truths by? 
Obs...
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COMMRC 0310 Exam Questions And Answers
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How do Keith and Lundberg define rhetoric? - Answer -the study of producing discourses and interpreting how, when, and why discourses are persuasive 
 
Who were the Sophists and why were they important? - Answer -The Sophists were a group of wandering Sicilians that taught Athenians how to speak persuasively with the goal of navigating the courts and senate. They were important because Athenian citizens relied heavily on public speech to deal with the ne...
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COMMRC 0310 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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COMMRC 0310 FINAL QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 
 
Plato View of Reality - Answer-Have to look beyond physical world 
 
Aristotle View of Reality - Answer-Look at world before us 
 
Aristotle 5 Subjects - Answer-Physics 
Metaphysics 
Nicomachean Ethics 
Politics 
The soul and poetics 
 
4 Ways to Create Ethos - Answer-Actions 
Deeds 
Understanding 
Expertise 
 
Enhancing with Pathos - Answer-Combine with ethos or logos 
 
First sophists - Answer-People wanted to use rhetoric to con people 
 
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