Deck 2: Religion and Global Ethics

Question 1

The Divine Command Theory states that certain actions are sins, based on their moral and ethical value.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

The paradox of toleration is no longer relevant to today's global culture.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

According to Habermas, fundamentalism is incongruous with democratic society.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

After which major international conflict was the United Nations formed?

A)World War I.
B)The Boer War.
C)The Civil War.
D)World War II.

Question 5

The idea of ahisma was originally developed by Aristotle.

Question 6

Immanuel Kant defined enlightenment in terms of what?

A)Religion
B)Divine right
C)Education
D)Freedom

Question 7

Civil disobedience assumes it is permissible to violate a law that goes against your conscience.

Question 8

Which approach is aimed at finding common ground between world religions and cultural traditions?

A)Religious pluralism.
B)The Golden Rule.
C)The Golden Mean.
D)Value Pluralism.

Question 9

The Golden Rule is followed by most of the world's major religions.

Question 10

Which thinker did NOT promote civil disobedience as a method for protesting and reforming law systems?

A)Thoreau.
B)Kant.
C)Gandhi.
D)King Jr.

Question 11

Which amendment of the US Constitution proclaims religious liberty?

A)First.
B)Second.
C)Third.
D)Fourth.

Question 12

Secular ethics are only for atheists.

Question 13

The era known as the Enlightenment occurred during which time period?

A)The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
B)The fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
C)The sixth and seventh centuries
D)The twentieth century

Question 14

Which of the following problems is a theodicy intended to address?

A)The problem of God's existence
B)The problem of relativism
C)The problem of evil
D)The problem of atheism

Question 15

In which society did tolerance and pluralism originate?

A)Western Europe, during the enlightenment.
B)Ancient Greece.
C)Ancient Rome.
D)Many societies across the world, throughout history.

Question 16

According to the "divine command" theory of ethics, certain actions are right because God wills them for us. We therefore have a duty to find out exactly what God wills and distinguish it from what is merely a fallible human wish or interpretation of what God's will might be.

Question 17

The concept of a single moral community that is not bound to cultural or religious traditions is known as cosmopolitanism.

Question 18

In Plato's Euthyphro , who subscribes to a divine command theory of ethics?

A)Euthyphro
B)Socrates
C)Plato
D)The court of Athens

Question 19

John Locke believed in toleration of religious dissenters.

Question 20

A theodicy is an argument that seeks to discredit belief in a deity.

Question 21

According to your text, which of the following is sometimes criticized for expressing Eurocentric ideals?

A)The divine command theory of ethics
B)Secular humanism
C)Civil disobedience
D)Ahisma

Question 22

The paradox of toleration questions whether which of the following should be tolerated?

A)Intolerance
B)Philosophy
C)Religion
D)Authority

Question 23

Philosophical ethics is necessarily incompatible with religious conviction.

Question 24

Value pluralism argues that there are multiple and conflicting goods in the world, which cannot be reduced to some other good.

Question 25

Divine command theory is a form of deontological ethics.