Question 1

Resurrection is the belief that&#10;A) There is an endless cycle of life and death.&#10;B) A person who has died will rise to live again.&#10;C) A person's soul migrates to another body.&#10;D) Scientists will defeat ageing and disease for good.

Accepted Answer

Resurrection is the belief that a person who has died will rise to live again.

Question 2

According to the Cannibal Problem&#10;A) It is impossible to resurrect both of two people, if one has consumed part of another.&#10;B) God would not resurrect cannibals, because eating people is a sin.&#10;C) A person resurrected just as they were at the point of death would quickly die again.&#10;D) Cannibalism violates the laws of logic, because identity is a one-one relationship.

Accepted Answer

The Cannibal Problem in philosophy, particularly in discussions about the resurrection and identity, posits that if one person consumes part of another, it raises a dilemma for the resurrection of both individuals in their entirety, as the shared matter cannot be in two places at once, thus making it impossible to resurrect both fully.

Question 3

According to the soul view of surviving death&#10;A) A person's mind is identical with their brain.&#10;B) No one is ever truly unconscious.&#10;C) A person has a soul, but is not identical with it.&#10;D) A person's mind can survive the death of their body.

Accepted Answer

According to the soul view of surviving death, a person's mind can survive the death of their body because they believe that a person possesses a soul or spirit that can exist independently of the body. The soul is seen as the seat of consciousness and personal identity, which can continue to exist after physical death.

Question 4

Problems with the soul view include&#10;A) The dependence of the mind on the body.&#10;B) The difficulty in understanding how a soul could interact with a body.&#10;C) The difficulty in knowing where a soul is.&#10;D) All of the above.

Accepted Answer

All of the above options are problematic for the soul view. The dependence of the mind on the body challenges the idea that the soul is the source of mental activity. The difficulty in understanding how a non-physical soul could interact with a physical body challenges the idea that the soul is a distinct entity from the body. The difficulty in knowing where a soul is challenges the idea that the soul is a concrete, locatable object.

Question 5

An influential champion of the importance of legacy was&#10;A) Woody Allen.&#10;B) Achilles.&#10;C) Socrates.&#10;D) Zygmunt Bauman.

Accepted Answer

Achilles, a central character in Homer's "Iliad," is often associated with the concept of legacy, particularly through his choice between a long, uneventful life and a short, glorious one that would ensure his name lived on forever.

Question 6

Simon Scheffler argues that&#10;A) Much of what matters to us is bound up with the afterlife of humanity.&#10;B) A person can live on through their digital legacy.&#10;C) Good people are more likely to live on than others.&#10;D) A person is a bundle of different elements comprising their identity.

Accepted Answer

Simon Scheffler argues that much of what matters to us, including our projects, values, and the significance of our actions, is tied to the continuation of humanity after our own lives end.

Question 7

What is resurrection? Describe and evaluate two philosophical objections to it.

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Question 8

Can a person's soul survive the death of their body? Describe arguments both for and against.

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Deck 6: Can We Survive Our Deaths