"The Afterlife" Self-Quiz

. In the doomsday scenario, all human life will end

in 30 days.

30 days after one's death.

but begin anew in 30 days.

in 30 days but not all animal life.

. To say that our values have a non-consequentialist dimension means

what matters to us is not determined whatsoever by the overall best consequences.

what matters to us is not completely determined by the overall best consequences.

what matters to us is determined partly by the overall best consequences.

what matters to us is determined completely by the overall best consequences.

. To say that we personalize our relation to the future means

we would prefer to exist forever.

we don't want the future to be bleak and alien.

we would prefer the future to have good consequences.

we only care about the future if it's personally related to us.

. By a belief in the "afterlife," Scheffler is referring to the belief that

we will continue to exist after our deaths.

others will continue to exist after our deaths.

we will be reincarnated after our deaths.

we will not survive death.

. According to Scheffler, the projects whose values would most clearly be undermined are

scholarly projects.

scientific projects.

goal-oriented projects.

personal projects.

. Scheffler argues that we only care about things that we can experience.

True

False

. Scheffler argues that we care more about our own survival than the survival of the species..

True

False

. Scheffler claims that we personalize our relation to the future.

True

False

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