Question

1. The question "Are bachelors unmarried?" is a closed question

True

False

3. Ayer would translate the statement “Stealing is bad” to mean

	a.	Stealing! Yuck!
	b.	Stealing has the property of badness
	c.	I think stealing is bad
	d.	My culture thinks stealing is bad

4. Noncognitivist ethical theories claim that

		A. Ethical statements are true or false depending on your culture.
		B. Ethical statements are true or false independent of people's particular views.
		C. All ethical statements are false.
		D. Ethical statements are neither true nor false.

5. According to Moore, simple terms

	a.	Make up complex things
	b.	Both of these
	c.	Neither of these
	d.	Cannot be defined

Answer 1

1 - True - This is a closed question because we dispose of a conceptual framework to answer them.This can be answered through analysis of concept 'bachelors'. The answer is valid as long as the concept of bachelor exists.

3 - (b)

4 - (d) - Non-cognitivist theories considers ethical sentences as neither true nor false, because according to it ethical sentences do not express propositions.

5 - (a) - Moore shows how simpler terms make up a complex thing. For example, in defining the word 'horse', we make references to 'legs', 'eyes', etc., which are simpler parts of the complex thing we are defining.