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1

Which of the thinkers below is most reasonably categorized as an ethical subjectivist?
A)Sartre
B)Ruth Benedict
C)Herodotus
D)James Rachels
2

Who is famous for having said "Man is the measure of all things"?
A)Protagoras
B)Sartre
C)Plato
D)Dostoevsky
3

Who recorded his agreement with Pindar's claim that "Custom is the king o'er all"?
A)James Rachels
B)John Ladd
C)Sartre
D)Herodotus
4

Your text introduces a discussion of the common tribal practice of killing one's parents when they are no longer self-sufficient in order to illustrate that
A)some other cultures' practices are so barbaric that we are morally obligated to do whatever it takes to get rid of them
B)differences in practice may be based on nonmoral differences in factual beliefs rather than on differences in moral principles
C)differences in practice are always grounded in fundamental differences in moral principles
D)there are no universally valid moral principles
5

Which of the following is not one of the commonly cited potentially worrisome features of conventional ethical relativism?
A)It doesn't allow for the idea of moral progress or social reform.
B)It implies we could tell whether an action is right or not simply by turning to societal standards.
C)It implies that there's no basis for criticizing the actions of a member of one's own society on moral grounds.
D)It would undermine the basis for criticizing other societies' customs on moral grounds.





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