Quick Quiz 1Which of the following is offered by Mengzi as a reason
evil shows up in society?
a) Heaven’s anger.b) Ignorance of what is right.c) Competition due to lack of sufficient goods.d) Failure to nourish our feelings.e) Pride and a desire for glory.
Quick Quiz 2Dong Zhongshu convinced Emperor Wu to adopt
Confucianism as the main state philosophy of which dynasty?
a) Wub) Hanc) Chend) Jinge) Zhao
Quick Quiz 3Ethical Egoism is the thesis that:
a) Only those with a strong ego can be moral.b) Actions are right as they improve the ego, wrong as
they diminish it.c) One ought always to act from selfish motives.d) One ought always to act for one’s own benefit.e) No one should ever listen to their ego.
Quick Quiz 4The psychological egoist can brush aside the examples
of Mother Teresa and Pam Anderson because:
a) Their actions are purely selfless and altruistic.b) Their actions are silly and embarrassing to all.c) Their actions are selfish because they’re motivated
by fear or guilt.d) Their actions are selfish because they benefit things
they care deeply about.
Quick Quiz 5In Plato’s Republic, a shepherd named Gyges gains the
ability to become invisible and immediately kills the king and takes over the kingdom. He uses what magical item to become invisible?
a) A cloak.b) A hat.c) A ring.d) A wristwatch.e) A sandwich.
Quick Quiz 6A psychological egoist has trouble explaining why:
a) Folks don’t just admit they care only about themselves.
b) People feel guilty for not helping others.c) Everyone doesn’t just steal and kill all the time.d) So many people are genuine altruists.
Quick Quiz 7A main perk of Ethical Egoism is:
a) It gives you good reasons to act morally.b) It creates a sense of satisfaction through helping
others.c) It provides a calculus by which to make morally right
decisions.d) It can be proven correct using “the scientific
method.”
Quick Quiz 8Xunzi was a …
a) Confucianb) Mohistc) Legalistd) Realiste) Egoist
Quick Quiz 9Who was known as the “second sage”?
a) Confuciousb) Mengzic) Xunzid) Han Feie) Mo Tzu
Quick Quiz 10Which of the following are among Mengzi’s ‘four
cardinal virtues’?
a) Courageb) Honorc) Deferenced) Generositye) Sympathy
Quick Quiz 11Who among the following is an Ethical Egoist?
a) Fredrick Nietzscheb) Platoc) Aristotled) Ayn Rande) Rene Descartes
Quick Quiz 12Psychological Egoism is best described as a ________
theory.
a) Ethical.b) Linguistic.c) Physicalist.d) Mentalist.e) Descriptive.
Quick Quiz Answers1. B, C, & D2. B3. D4. C5. C6. B7. A8. A9. B10. C & E11. A & D12. C
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