Question # 1

"The principle of the greatest good of the greatest number was made a hook to be put into nostrils of the Leviathan so that it could be tamed and harnessed to the chariot of utility." This observation refers to the political theory of:

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Hobbes

Hume

Sidgwick

Bentham

Fukuyama is known for his book

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Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity

Our Posthuman Future: Consequences of the Biotechnology Revolution

The End of History and the Last Man

None of these

J. S. Mill recommended complete freedom of speech and censorship:

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in the case of a false view

in the cases of a false view and a view that is partially true and partially false

in the case of view that is both partially true and partially false

in all cases irrespective of whether a view is partially or wholly true or false

Who among the following argued that justice is the first virtue of social institutions?

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G. W. F. Hegel

karl Marx

Charles Taylor

John Rawls

Kierkegaard claims that a rational proof of God's existence is impossible because

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God would not want such a proof to be possible

God is infinite, and the mind of man is finite

if we could prove God's existence , we would have done so by now

it would remove God's essential mysstery

None of these

Bentham claim that utilitarian calculations

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should be performed prior to each action

need not be performed before each action, but should always be kept in mind

are merely a formal device, and do not have practical application

are fundamentally flawed

Hegel was born on August 27, 1770 in

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Stuttgart

Rastatt

Sigmaringen

None of these

When does Faucault believe that public executions disappeared by?

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1830-48

1835-50

1900-1950

1930-1948

Kant lectured on anthropology for over

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15 years

20 years

25 years

None of these

Machiavelli wrote " Discoures on the First Decade of Titus Livy" in the year

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1735

1745

1755

None of these

In Sartre's view, when one chooses how to live one is choosing

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only for oneself

for all of one's family

for all of one's friends

for all people

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