Multiple Choice Quiz

According to Dewey, the most extreme theory of value holds that values are:

derived from the commands of God.

emotional epithets or ejaculations.

a priori principles of validity.

none of the above.

Dewey claims that value-expressions:

are social phenomena.

refer directly to an existing situation.

refer indirectly to a future situation which it is intended and desired to produce.

all of the above.

According to Dewey, what distinguishes a "wish" from a "desire" is:

wishes are accompanied by an absence of effort.

wishes are improbable.

wishes are harder to satisfy.

unsatisfied wishes are more painful

According to Dewey, an end-in-view proposition is warranted insofar as:

existing conditions have been surveyed and appraised in their capacity as means.

existing conditions have been surveyed and appraised in their capacity to cohere with other ends.

both a and b.

neither a nor b.

Dewey maintains that "extrinsic value" is:

the most important kind of value.

parasitic on instrumental value.

parasitic on intrinsic value.

a contradiction in terms.

Dewey claims that the difference between "what is desired" and "what is desirable" is:

that the former is an unexamined impulse, and the latter the product of investigation.

that the former is what we actually want, and the latter is what other people want for us.

that the former is what we actually want, and the latter is what an idealized version of ourselves would want.

there is no difference.

Dewey argues that ends-in-view depend on:

the adequacy with which inquiry into the existing situation has been carried out.

the adequacy with which inquiry into a course of action will satisfy an existing need.

both a and b.

neither a nor b.

According to Dewey, an end-in-itself is:

required to ground intrinsic value.

required to calculate the cost of means.

required to ground human dignity.

self-contradictory.

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