Multiple Choice Quiz

According to the scripture that Butler discusses in Sermon One, human beings are:

independent and autonomous individuals.

all a part of one body.

all a part of God.

part of the animal kingdom.

According to Butler, it is impossible to:

approve of the actions of others without imitating them.

do something of which one does not oneself approve.

be motivated by genuine benevolence.

do that which is good and not to approve of it.

In Butler's view, injustice is caused by:

desires for external goods.

love of injustice.

ill-will toward others.

self-hatred.

Butler claims that in the strictest and most proper sense, to follow nature is to:

act as one pleases.

act on any of one's passions.

act on one's strongest passion.

act on one's conscience.

Butler argues that loving our enemies requires:

never resenting them.

never retaliating against them.

never causing them pain.

all of the above.

Butler argues that the belief that there is a conflict between public goods and private goods arises from our notions of:

justice.

benevolence.

property.

charity.

According to Butler, the selfish theory fails to distinguish between:

an acts being evil, with the acts being good.

an acts being good, with the object of my acts being good.

an acts being mine, with the object of my acts.

an acts being mine, with the object of my acts being good.

Butler claims that, strictly speaking, the only thing that anyone has a right to is:

life.

liberty.

property.

happiness.

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