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Chapter 1 Self-Quiz
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Hobbes's theory of morality is
utilitarian.
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Kantian.
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Contractarian.
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religious.
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According to Pojman, morality is a necessary condition for
the divine right of monarchs.
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the state of nature.
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evil.
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happiness.
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Hobbes developed a moral and political theory based on
moral intuitionism.
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humankind's essential goodness.
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psychological altruism.
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psychological egoism.
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In
Lord of the Flies
, the defects of society are traced back to defects in
laws.
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human nature.
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religion.
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education.
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According to Hobbes, in physical and mental abilities, nature has made us basically
equal.
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unequal.
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powerless.
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superior.
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Hobbes says that we exchange some of our liberty for
communal life.
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democracy.
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a social contract.
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a parliament.
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During the English civil wars, Hobbes supported
Oliver Cromwell.
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Parliament.
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Spain.
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The Royalists.
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Hobbes claimed all of the following
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life in a state of nature is brutish and short.
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we need an enforceable set of rules.
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a pure state of nature never existed.
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we need a
Leviathan
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Hobbes found that a principal cause of conflict among people is
covenants.
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competition.
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empathy.
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reason.
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For Pojman, a key purpose of morality is to promote
survival of the fittest.
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utilitarian goals.
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categorical imperatives.
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human flourishing.
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Pojman writes that one of the purposes of morality is to ameliorate human suffering.
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Hobbes writes that in a state of nature, life is solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.
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Pojman agrees with Hobbes that people are self-interested egoists.
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Hobbes contends that living without a social contract would be a horrific nightmare of existence.
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Pojman thinks we need a social contract to fulfill God's plan.
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Golding's story symbolizes the triumph of morality and civilization over brutish desires.
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