Multiple Choice Quiz

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Psychological egoism is the view that:

all men ought to be selfish in everything they do. correct incorrect

all men are selfish in everything that they do correct incorrect

both a and b. correct incorrect

neither a nor b. correct incorrect

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According to Glaucon, the virtuous man who possessed Gyges' ring would

behave no better than the rogue. correct incorrect

behave slightly better than the rogue. correct incorrect

behave significantly better than the rogue. correct incorrect

continue to act fully virtuously. correct incorrect

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Rachels argues that the following is an exception to the claim that people never voluntarily do anything except what they want to do:

actions which we may not want to do, but which we do anyway as a means to an end which we want to achieve. correct incorrect

actions that we do because we feel ourselves under an obligation to do them. correct incorrect

both a and b. correct incorrect

neither a nor b. correct incorrect

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Rachels argues that if we have a positive attitude toward the attainment of some goal:

we may derive satisfaction from attaining that goal. correct incorrect

the object of our attitude is the attainment of that goal. correct incorrect

we must want to attain the goal before we can find any satisfaction in it. correct incorrect

all of the above. correct incorrect

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Rachels claims the egoist's worry that decent society will collapse, if he does not honor the rules, is unfounded because:

the vast majority of people are not egoists. correct incorrect

the vast majority of people will not be converted to egoism by his example. correct incorrect

both a and b. correct incorrect

neither a nor b. correct incorrect

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Rachels claims that psychological egoism rests on the following confusion:

the confusion of selfishness with self-interest. correct incorrect

the confusion that every action is done either from self-interest or from other-regarding motives. correct incorrect

the confusion that one's own welfare is incompatible with any genuine concern for the welfare of others. correct incorrect

all of the above. correct incorrect

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Rachels maintains that advocating one thing but doing another is:

consistent. correct incorrect

inconsistent. correct incorrect

irrational. correct incorrect

immoral. correct incorrect

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Rachels holds that a fundamental requirement of rational action is:

that reasons for action always depend on the prior existence of certain attitudes in the agent. correct incorrect

that reasons for action need not depend on the prior existence of certain attitudes in the agent. correct incorrect

that reasons for action do not depend on the prior existence of certain attitudes in the agent. correct incorrect

none of the above. correct incorrect