Prelims Ethics

1. Ethics is a branch of Philosophy that literally. Studies the customs and context that influences
human being’s behavior and moral decisions.
- FALSE
2. Which of the following is the penultimate question of Philosophy?
- What is Happiness?
3. Cosmology Is a branch of Philosophy that studies the order and harmony of the universe.
4. The objection that God not exist because of the overwhelming evil in the world is called “The
Problem of Evil”
-True
5. The question “What is Being?” is a question that problematizes the notion of
-Existence
6. The following are fundamentals questions of Philosophy EXCEPT..
-Where does the universe come from?
7. Which of the following is True About “Happiness”?
-All options are correct
8. Heraclitus is known as the “Philosopher of Change”.
9. Which of the following is TRUE about Bertrand Russell’s description of Philosophy as a No
Man’s Land?
- All of the Above
10. Parmenides represents the polar opposite of Heraclitus who emphasizes permanence over
being.
11. The Following are TRUE about THALES EXCEPT…
- He believes everything comes from Air.
12. Aristotle calls Philosophy as the divine and most authorities art of science.
13. The following are the earliest naturalist Greek Philosophers EXCEPPT
-Pythagoras
14. Which of the following best describes the Originality of the Greeks?
- divine and authoritative science.
18. Philosophy Nurtures our animal functions over our Human Function.
-false
19. In 2005, the third Thursday of November has been named by UNESCO as
-World Philosophy Day
20. The lessons of Philosophy can be summed up by it’s student’s ability to take stock of and
learn from our past, from our mistakes.
-True
21. Is the Existence of God a fundamental Philosophical Question? WHY? Explain
- Yes, according to theodicy God is the greatest possible totality for the perfect being.
Questions being asked like: Does God exist? If God is good, why there is evil? These questions
exist because of the philosopher perplexed the idea of God allowing the evil to exist.
21. Is the Pursuit of Happiness a fundamental Philosophical Question? Why? Explain.
- Yes, since the pursuit of happiness is one of the answers given by Socrates from the
top three philosophical question (What is the good life?). According to Socrates happiness must
be seek for oneself and accord and not by anything else. This is also backed by John Miller in his
explanation of Hedonism. holds that actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote
happiness, wrong as they tend to produce unhappiness.