Susan and Frank are taking a philosophy class.  The instructor challenges them to use their critical thinking skills to evaluate the types of knowledge or information available.  One of the questions they have been discussing in class is “What can be KNOWN and can we be justified in our beliefs about what goes beyond the evidence of our sense? “  Susan and Frank have been studying which of the branches of philosophy?

Identify the statement below that is NOT TRUE.

Which branch of philosophy would ask, “Does life have ultimate meaning?”

Which of the following statements about the paradigm shift in ethics is NOT TRUE?

One of the worldview questions discussed in the introduction to class is:  Where do we come from?  This question best represents which branch of philosophy?

Which approach to ethics would answer Plato’s question in the “Ring of Gyges” “Why should Gyges care about morality?”  by claiming that Gyges’ actions cause harm and are unfair with no consideration of the equality of others.

Which of the following statements is CORRECT in answer to the question: Are there moral absolutes?

Which of the following questions is NOT one of the major WORLDVIEW questions you were introduced to in the course overview?

What is the approach to ethics that would make statements like these? “Abortion ends life and is immoral.”  “Stealing is wrong.”

The ethical action, according to this approach, is the one which will produce the most good for the most people or conversely, cause the least harm to the least number of people.