Chapter 2 Self-Quiz

. According to Taylor, _______ rules and practices either promote cooperation toward meeting our desires or resolve interpersonal conflict.

deontological

transcendent

bad

right

. Ivan Karamazov explains that he cannot accept God because of

lack of evidence for the resurrection.

his brother's beliefs.

the problem of other minds.

the problem of evil.

. Philip Hallie writes that cruelty

cannot be defeated.

can be defeated.

can be defeated by evil.

is personal, not institutional.

. Hallie believes that institutional cruelty is

not really cruelty.

a thing of the past.

the subtlest kind of cruelty.

the kindest kind of cruelty.

. Hallie says that kindness could be the ultimate

good.

victim.

love.

cruelty.

. For Hallie, the ultimate embodiment of goodness in opposition to cruelty is the people of

Warsaw

Massachusetts

Le Chambon

Paris

. Hallie states that one of the reasons institutional cruelty exists and persists is because people believe that

individuals count.

individuals can do nothing.

love conquers all.

victims are real people.

. Claggart hates Billy Budd because Billy is

hypocritical.

evil.

powerful.

noble.

. Plato and religious theories have a common thesis about the notion of good: that good is

transcendent.

concrete.

nonexistent.

rare.

. For transcendentalists, evil is

preternatural.

ordinary.

common.

to be expected.

. Billy Budd intended to kill Claggart

True

False

. Ivan Karamazov is almost as religious as his brother.

True

False

. Ivan Karamazov believes there is no problem of evil.

True

False

. The three premises in the argument regarding the problem of evil are mutually incompatible.

True

False

. In Sophie's Choice, Sophie is a symbol of evil.

True

False

. The people of Le Chambon saved thousands of Jews.

True

False

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