God is the first cause of all things

      PART 1: Enter the correct choice 25 questions, 2 points for each question – 50 points _____ 1. An ontological argument for the existence of God * (a) claims that God is the first cause of all things * (b) assumes God to be the ultimate designer of the universe * (c) proves God by focusing on his being * (d) assumes that God created the world but does not interfere with it _____ 2. According to St. Anselm, * (a) God cannot exist in the understanding alone * (b) it is absurd to claim that the Creator is above his creation * (c) the fool believes that God exists only in reality and not in the understanding     status: Junior Level balance: $21.73 rating: 4.78 * (d) it is a contradiction to claim that God exists _____ 3. St. Anselm’s proof for the existence of God * (a) is similar to St. Thomas Aquinas’ argument from possibility and necessity * (b) was criticized by David Hume * (c) was referred to by Kierkegaard as proper way of proving God * (d) was revived by Descartes in the 17th century _____ 4. Aquinas’ Argument from Motion * (a) claims that God is the first efficient cause * (b) claims that God is the greatest being we can conceive * (c) claims that whatever is moved must be moved by something else * (d) involves a fool as non-believer _____ 5. Aquinas’ Argument from the Governance of the World is also called * (a) a teleological argument * (b) an ontological argument * (c) the argument from first efficient cause * (d) a natural law argument _____ 6. David Hume claims that * (a) the world God created is the best of all possible worlds * (b) God is a being of supreme goodness and perfection * (c) this world is imperfect and therefor God does not exist * (d) none of the above _____ 7. Soren Kierkegaard is claimed to be * (a) a critic of the “new” Christianity * (b) the father of Existentialism * (c) the originator of the Argument from Design * (d) all of the above _____ 8. “The absurd is the measure of the intensity of faith in inwardness” is a claim made by * (a) Friedrich Nietzsche * (b) David Hume * (c) Soren Kierkegaard * (d) St. Anselm _____ 9. Friedrich Nietzsche claimed that * (a) genuine faith requires a “leap of faith” * (b) Christianity rests on sacrifice, self-denial, and a hatred of everything strong * (c) the Christian God can be proven with rational arguments * (d) the belief in the Christian God is paradox and absurd _____ 10. Beyond Good and Evil * (a) is a text written by Soren Kierkegaard * (b) is part of the Old Testament * (c) is a philosophical analysis of Christianity as subjective truth * (d) is a text written by Friedrich Nietzsche  5/10/2021 Order 344781417 https://admin.writerbay.com/orders_available?subcom=detailed&id=344781417 3/9 _____ 11. “God is dead” is a claim made by * (a) Friedrich Nietzsche * (b) David Hume * (c) Jean-Paul Sartre * (d) the editors of our textbook _____ 12. Philosophy of Religion * (a) is a form of Ethics * (b) is the same as Theology * (c) can only be done by people who have faith in God * (d) aims to find rational arguments for religious questions and issues _____ 13. Ethics, as the systematic study of morality, asks which of the following questions? * (a) What can we know with certainty? * (b) How should we act? * (c) What is the essence of reality? * (d) What is human nature? _____ 14. Moral or Ethical Relativism means that * (a) moral values are universal * (b) moral values are the same in all cultures * (c) moral values differ from person to person * (d) moral values are a matter of training personal excellence _____ 15. Aristotle’s Virtue Ethics * (a) is a form of ethical absolutism and presupposes an absolute good * (b) is similar to Utilitarianism * (c) is a predecessor of Existentialism * (d) assumes the moral good to be a means between two extremes _____ 16. Immanuel Kant * (a) agrees with John Stuart Mill that an action is morally good if it contributes to the greatest happiness of the greatest number of people * (b) was an ethical relativist * (c) considered duty as the central category of his ethics * (d) wrote the Nichomachean Ethics _____ 17. Happiness is “an activity of the soul in accordance with perfect virtue” is a statement made by * (a) John Stuart Mill * (b) Aristotle * (c) Friedrich Nietzsche * (d) None of the above _____ 18. Immanuel Kant’s Categorical Imperative states that * (a) what guides our actions should become a universal law  5/10/2021 Order 344781417 https://admin.writerbay.com/orders_available?subcom=detailed&id=344781417 4/9 * (b) only a Master Morality can achieve its goals * (c) a moral action aims at the greatest amount of pleasure and the absence of pain * (d) we have to train our character in order to achieve moral excellence _____ 19. Friedrich Nietzsche’s distinction between a Master Morality and a Slave Morality * (a) is the same as John Stuart Mill’s distinction between higher and lower pleasures * (b) rests on the notion of moral duty and is thus a version of deontology * (c) aims at the means between two extremes * (d) none of the above _____ 20. The story of the student who is torn between staying with his mother or going to war, is an example discussed by * (a) John Stuart Mill * (b) Friedrich Nietzsche * (c) Jean-Paul Sartre * (d) none of the above 21. to 25. Relate the following names of Philosophers to the appropriate terms or titles: _____ 21. Friedrich Nietzsche (a) Ontological Argument _____ 22. Jean-Paul Sartre (b) Argument from Design _____ 23. St. Thomas Aquinas (c) The Antichrist _____ 24. Soren Kierkegaard (d) Greatest Happiness Principle _____ 25. John Stuart Mill (e) Paradox and Absurd (f) Categorical Imperative (g) Choice and Responsibility