Phil. 102: Introduction to Philosophical Inquiry
Test 3: Philosophical Ethics
Summer, 2009 c
2009 GFDL
Reminder: All answers on this test must be your own work. See
the syllabus section “Policies” for further information. As the final
test in the course, points are deducted in accordance with the items
listed in the syllabus under the sections “Evaluation,” “Grades,”
and “Tests.” Be sure to review those sections before submitting
your test. Statistical programs are used on both objective and
essay question to verify academic honesty.
1 True–False Questions (60 points.)
Directions: Type out just the number of the following questions and state
whether or not the following statements are true or false. Do not copy the
questions themselves. If you wish to qualify your answer, you may do so, if you
feel that a question is misleading or ambiguous. (However, your qualification,
should not change the meaning of the question asked into a different question.)
1. In philosophical jargon, an event without a cause
and therefore without a causal explanation is defined as a “miracle.”
2. The belief that all events in the world have a
cause is called the theory of fatalism.
3. The presupposition that events are either caused
or not caused leads to Hume’s Fork.
4. From a logical point of view, if psychology could
explain all human behavior in causal terms, then human beings would
not have free will.
5. Neither the doctrine of fatalism nor the doctrine
of predestination allows for miracles.
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