INTRODUCTION TO THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN PERSON 12 FIRST QUARTER: WEEK

1 AND 2 ASSESSMENT

Name: ________________________________________ Date:_________________ Score: _______

Direction: Encircle the letter of the best answer.

1. What type of fallacy is present in the statement, “Before we begin the debate,
everyone here should know that my opponent is a convicted felon”?
A. mora licensing
B. equivocation
C. argumentum ad baculum
D. ad hominem

2. According to Husserl, the success of natural science lead to the gradual

scientific rejection of__________.
A. spirit
B. matter
C. nature
D. existence

3. When Husserl described human experience as the immediate data of

consciousness, he meant _________________.
A. Pure subjectivity
B. Pure objectivity
C. materialism
D. dualism

4. What is Husserl’s point of view with regards to consciousness?

A. The study of consciousness is the same as the study of nature
B. The study of human consciousness differs from the way scientists
study nature.
C. It does not matter whether we study consciousness similarly or
differently than the way scientists study nature.
D. Husserl was not interested in the study of consciousness.

5. What type of fallacy is present in the statement, “My father smoked four
packs of cigarettes a day since age fourteen and lived until age sixty-nine.
Therefore, smoking really can’t be that bad for you”?
A. ad misericordiam
B. false analogy
C. hasty generalization
D. post hoc

6. Which among these headlines presented information that are fair,

objective, and moderate?
A. It’s time to consider other means of cash aid distribution
B. Other countries around the world have much better means in cash
aid distribution
C. Government vows to faster distribution of coronavirus aid
D. We can also learn lesson from Vietnam how they distribute their cash
aid

7. Which among these headlines has no errors in terms of spelling, grammar,

and content?
A. Robredo Chides Gov’t for Unclear Communication on New Quarantine
Rules
B. Robredo Blames the Government as They Don’t Have Clear Rules in
Quarantine
C. Robredo Charge the Govrnment as Culprit of Confusion in Quarantine
D. Robredo blames those in Executive Branch for Communication’s
Unclear

8. Which among the statements contain substantiated generalizations?

A. “Drug war a massive failure”—Robredo
B. Robredo lies to world, shames the nation and herself in UN message
C. The real albatross on Leni Robredo’s neck
D. Let Leni plan on her own drug war

9. Which among the following authors could be the most credible according to
his or her Twitter account’s background?
A. Banat By – Simpleng tao na mahilig bumanat
B. Atom Araullo- Journalist. @ UNHCPPh Goodwill Ambassador
C. AkoNgaSY Lyco- Speak now or be silent forever. Follow me I will not
follow you
D. Senyora- Full time haciendera and professional husgadera

10. Which among the following publishers pose no particular agenda or bias?
A. Bulag Ang ABS-CBN sa Katotohanan by Antonio Brigas
B. ABS-CBN Naipasara Sanhi ng Di Pagrenew ng Prangkisa by GMA
News
C. Nararapat Lamang na Huwag ng Magbukas ang ABS-CBN by Balat
Sibuyas
D. Bye Bye Kapamilya by the Avengers

True or False. Write the word True if the statement is correct and write the word
False if the statement conveys otherwise. Write your answer on a separate sheet of
paper.
_______1. Human actions are always conceived intellectually.
_______2. According to Aristotle, Acts of man are actions which are deliberately done.
_______3. Freedom and obligation are two distinct philosophical concepts.
_______4. A person is totally responsible for an action even if he acted with an impaired
conscience.
_______5. A choice is made from freedom if the person totally knows the kind of choice
he makes even though unsure with the consequences.
_______6. Intellectual choice usually refers to answers for hypothetical moral issues.
_______7. Practical choice usually pertains to choices for an actual moral dilemma.
_______8. Freedom is present in the Acts of Man.
_______9. Involuntary actions are excused from moral examination.
_______10. Without freedom, obligation does not exist.