John Stuart Mill:  On Liberty – Chapter 2 (pp. 26 – 29) φ The purpose of John Stuart Mill’s contrasting of the early Christians (who were ready to die for their belief that they saw a resurrected Jesus) and modern (19th Century) Christians (who give lip service to following Jesus, but are not willing to die for Jesus) is that Christians have stopped questioning the truth of the central claims of Christianity.  Modern Christians have become complacent and they have ceased studying arguments against their own views.  Therefore, Christians today do not possess the good reasons that early Christians had for giving their lives for what they knew to be true.  

PROBLEM OF EVIL FOR NATURALIST (scientific atheist) vs. PROBLEM OF EVIL FOR THEIST: . William Lane Craig argues that evil is more at home in the worldview of Personal Theism than Philosophical Naturalism (scientific atheism).  So, even if the problem of evil is a problem, the atheistic worldview of philosophical naturalism is still not plausible.  The following is NOT a way to argue that evil makes more sense on the worldview of personal theism rather than philosophical naturalism:   

If I say, “Don’t listen to his argument against illegal immigration from Mexico!  He is a racist! He only believes that because he is a rich, white, heterosexual bigoted racist! Ignore his arguments and vote against his policies!”   Which of the following IS NOT the kind of attack and attempt to silence free speech?

J.S. Mill – On Liberty – Chapter 1 φ In Chapter 1 of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill gave one purpose of his work to explore “Civil, or Social Liberty: the nature and limits of the power which can be legitimately exercised by society over the individual (p. 5).”  Mill mentions this has been done in two important ways (in America) by saying there are certain “immunities” or individual rights that the government was to protect and by having a series of “constitutional checks” (p. 6) to avoid tyranny from rulers.  This is good, but it is not enough, for Mill.   . Later, Mill mentions that Alexis de Tocqueville pointed out that large groups in society might try to silence those with whom they disagree in a form of “social tyranny” or the “tyranny of the majority” (pp. 6-8).  He argues there needs to be protections for minority views for many reasons.  Which of the following IS NOT one of them?   

Which of the following is not one of the tactics employed by people in authority to suppress arguments for the contrary view? (In John Stuart Mill’s On Liberty)

John Stuart Mill:  On Liberty – Chapter 2 φ John Stuart Mill thinks that the peculiar evil of silencing the expression of an opinion is that it is robbing the human race.  It robs those who dissent from the opinion, still more than those who hold it.  Mill gives two reasons why this is so.  What are they? 

Which philosopher would be most likely in favor of ANTIFA students on campus attacking or rioting in order to silence conservative speakers with whom they disagree? 

Which of the following is a sign of facial nerve damage?  (Select ALL that Apply) Points deducted for incorrect answer but you cannot get a negative score. 

Based on the smooth muscle contraction pathways shown in lecture… Activation of chemically gated Ca²⁺ channels leads to which of the following downstream effects in a smooth muscle cell?(Select all that apply)

If parasympathetic activity increases and sympathetic activity decreases in response to elevated blood pressure, which of the following changes would you expect?(Select all that apply)