Deck 18: Is There Life After Death Personal Identity and Immortality

Question 1

According to the text, there is little direct evidence for life after death.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

The text argued that the Christian view of immortality denies that the soul is separated from the body.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The Platonic-Cartesian view of immortality is a form of monism.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

According to the text, most of the Christian view of life after death is derived from its extensive treatment in the Old Testament.

Question 5

According to the text, the Christian notion of resurrection conflicts with the body criterion for personal identity.

Question 6

Benjamin Franklin's tombstone expresses the Platonic-Cartesian view of immortality.

Question 7

Plato's argument for immortality depends upon the assumption that

A) there is a God who will preserve our souls.
B) the mind's activity is independent of the body.
C) our desire for immortality is proof that it exists.
D) the soul is separate from that part of us that reasons.

Question 8

The text criticizes the resurrection view of immortality because

A) it is only plausible if you believe the Christian Bible.
B) all the scientific evidence is against it.
C) the Platonic view is more plausible.
D) there will be no continuity between the resurrected person and who you are today.

Question 9

In the Hindu concept of reincarnation,

A) the person retains the same body in different lives, but is given a new mind.
B) the person's same mind receives a new body in each life.
C) the person's mind and body remain the same, but the memories are lost.
D) the person receives a new body and a new mind, but retains all the memories of previous lives.

Question 10

In the Hindu view, karma is the doctrine that

A) everyone's destiny is foreordained and there is nothing that one can do to change it.
B) only the righteous are reincarnated, while the wicked are extinguished.
C) you reap the results of your actions and thoughts, whether in this life or the next.
D) everyone receives the same rewards in the afterlife.

Question 11

Déjà vu experiences are used as evidence for

A) the Platonic-Cartesian view.
B) materialist monism.
C) the Christian view of immortality.
D) reincarnation.

Question 12

The evidence for immortality based on the work of James Moody consists of

A) out-of-body experiences of people who were clinically dead.
B) The common experiences of people.
C) reports of people under hypnosis who remember experiences prior to their current life.
D) reports of people who have seen ghosts.

Question 13

What is Plato's argument for immortality? How could it be criticized?

Question 14

According to your text, how does the Christian view differ from the Platonic view?

Question 15

Explain why the text claims that the resurrection view raises problems for personal continuity. Agree or disagree with this objection, stating your reasons.