Exam 1: PHILOS 006 : Logic In Practice.pdf

3/6/22, 10 : 56 PM Exam 1: PHILOS 006 : Logic In Practice - Pursley M. - SPRING 2022 - SECTION# 13947 Page 2 of 15 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/185666/quizzes/1316746 independently of religion and is as open to discovery by us as by God. (A.K. Bierman) He or She has to use intellect to find out what the grounds of morality are, So as to know what to approve and disapprove God--like the rest of us, if we are moral--approves of what is right and disapproves of what is wrong. Morality exists independently of religion and is as open to discovery by us as by God. 1 / 1 pts Question 2 What is the conclusion of the following argument: A person’s fate is not always determined by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of birth because if it was, any two people born at the same time and place would have the same fate, and we know that this is not always so in the case of twins. we know that this is not always so in the case of twins. Astrology is of the devil

3/6/22, 10 : 56 PM Exam 1: PHILOS 006 : Logic In Practice - Pursley M. - SPRING 2022 - SECTION# 13947 Page 3 of 15 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/185666/quizzes/1316746 if it was, any two people born at the same time and place would have the same fate A person’s fate is not always determined by the positions of the stars and planets at the time of birth 1 / 1 pts Question 3 What is the conclusion of the following argument: There must have been some moral flaw in the creature or in his situation to set up the tension of temptation; for creaturely freedom in itself and in the absence of any temptation cannot lead to sin. Thus, the very fact that the creature sins refutes the suggestion that until that moment he was a finitely perfect being living in an ideal creaturely relationship to God. (John Hick) creaturely freedom in itself and in the absence of any temptation cannot lead to sin. There must have been some moral flaw in the creature or in his situation to set up the tension of temptation Genesis is a myth

3/6/22, 10 : 56 PM Exam 1: PHILOS 006 : Logic In Practice - Pursley M. - SPRING 2022 - SECTION# 13947 Page 4 of 15 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/185666/quizzes/1316746 the very fact that the creature sins refutes the suggestion that until that moment he was a finitely perfect being living in an ideal creaturely relationship to God. 1 / 1 pts Question 4 What is the conclusion of the following argument? The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant .... Science thrives on, indeed requires, the free exchange of ideas; its values are antithetical to secrecy. Science holds to no special vantage points or no privileged positions. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. Both demand adequate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty. (Carl Sagan) Science holds to no special vantage points or no privileged positions. Both demand adequate reason, coherent argument, rigorous standards of evidence and honesty. Both science and democracy encourage unconventional opinions and vigorous debate. The values of science and the values of democracy are concordant.

3/6/22, 10 : 56 PM Exam 1: PHILOS 006 : Logic In Practice - Pursley M. - SPRING 2022 - SECTION# 13947 Page 5 of 15 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/185666/quizzes/1316746 1 / 1 pts Question 5 Is the following passage an argument or not an argument? The true meaning of scripture can never be wholly comprised in a literal reading of the text, since that text points beyond itself to a reality which cannot adequately be expressed in words and concepts. (Karen Armstrong) No answer text provided. Non-argument No answer text provided. Argument 1 / 1 pts Question 6 Is the following passage an argument or not an argument? I find the idea that God has ordained a scheme under which the large majority of the human race are...condemned to perdition, so morally repulsive it would undermine the Godness of any being who was said to be God. (John Hick) Non-argument

3/6/22, 10 : 56 PM Exam 1: PHILOS 006 : Logic In Practice - Pursley M. - SPRING 2022 - SECTION# 13947 Page 6 of 15 https://ilearn.laccd.edu/courses/185666/quizzes/1316746 Argument No answer text provided. No answer text provided. 1 / 1 pts Question 7 Is the following passage an argument or not an argument? I cannot think that I am thinking when I am not. For in this case, and only in this case, the mere fact that I think that I am thinking guarantees that I am thinking. It is itself an example of thinking. (Simon Blackburn) No answer text provided. No answer text provided. Non-argument Argument 1 / 1 pts Question 8 Is the following passage an argument or a non-argument? Because the “reasonable man” is not simply the average man but a normative social ideal, we should not admit that gay-bashing disgust is

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