Question

47.Which of the following statements holds true for the concept of utilitarian sacrifice?

Select one:

a. It refers to an individual who adopts affects, ideas, and behaviors that are the opposites of impulses harbored either consciously or unconsciously.

b. It refers to an individual capable of feeling disproportionately high sensations of pleasure and happiness, one who consequently requires many others to sacrifice their happiness in the name of maximizing net happiness.

c. It refers to an individual who finds some aspects of one’s own behavior, thoughts, and attitudes as repugnant or inconsistent with the total personality.

d. It refers to an individual who believes that one's thoughts are not one's own, but rather are inserted into one's mind.

e. It refers to an individual whose happiness is sacrificed in order to increase the happiness of others.

48._____ is a term used to refer to the time as understood relative to the earth’s history instead of humanity’s.

Select one:

a. Geological time

b. Logarithmic timeline

c. Graphical timeline

d. Selenological timescale

e. Anthropocene

49.Which of the following statements holds true for the concept of hedonistic utilitarianism?

Select one:

a. It refers to the ethical belief that states that a rule for action is recommended if collective obedience to the rule increases net happiness when everyone is taken into account.

b. It refers to the ethical belief that seeks to maximize sensations of happiness and pleasure connected with intellectual life and culture.

c. It refers to the ethical belief that seeks to maximize any and all sensations of happiness and pleasure.

d. It refers to the ethical belief that focuses on the reduction of happiness and sadness to monetary values within a utilitarian ethics.

e. It refers to the ethical belief that states that an act is recommendable if it increases net happiness (or decreases net unhappiness) when everyone is taken into account and when the total benefit is more than any other possible act.

50.Which of the following statements holds true for the concept of courage as Aristotle conceives it for the virtuous?

Select one:

a. It refers to the ability to reveal yourself to others with confidence that you’ll be respected.

b. It refers to the virtue of moderate boldness between the extremes of cowardice and rashness.

c. It refers to the virtue of judging people’s acts dispassionately, evenhandedly and from all points of view.

d. It refers to the virtue of habitually being and expressing yourself in a way that establishes your presence without threatening or impinging on others.

e. It refers to the virtue of self-control and the ability to patiently delay gratification.

Answer 1

47. Option B (It refers to an individual capable of feeling disproportionately high sensations of pleasure and happiness, one who consequently requires many others to sacrifice their happiness in the name of maximizing net happiness.)

48. Option E (Anthropocene)

49. Option B (It refers to the ethical belief that seeks to maximize sensations of happiness and pleasure connected with intellectual life and culture.)

50. Option A (It refers to the ability to reveal yourself to others with confidence that you’ll be respected.)