Midterm Take Exam in Ethics
Midterm Take Exam in Ethics
Midterm Take Exam in Ethics
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RULES IN THIS EXAM SHOULD BE STRICTLY FOLLOWED. ALL COPIED WORK WILL BE DEALT WITH ACCORDINGLY.
PLAGIARISM AND COPYING OF ANOTHER SCHOOLMATES WORK WILL NOT BE TOLERATED. IT IS SUGGESTED
THAT YOU WORK INDIVIDUALLY OR IN A GROUP SO THAT YOU MAY BRAINSTORM IDEAS. GOD BLESS.
QUESTIONS:
1. Read on Buddha’s first sermon where he reveals the Four Noble Truths. What are the Four
Noble Truths? Explain how these Four Noble Truths affect your decision making on behaving
ethically.
2. What is the cut-flower thesis? What are the indications that it is highly probable?
3. Compare and contrast theism and non-theism in terms of moral accountability.
4. Theistic ethics can satisfactorily explain objective moral values. Explain.
5. Explain the nature of moral judgments in theism.
6. Why is ethics separated from politics?
7. Why is there a need to study and understand how ethics relates and works in politics?
8. Explain the role of ethics in politics. Cite one example that would show how ethics works in
politics.
9. Why do you think human beings live the way the “Myth of Sisyphus” was, as allegorically
explained by Albert Camus?
10. Albert Camus explained that “Life is absurd.” Explain this concept further.
11. In your personal view, how can you live a life in adherence to your religious values?
12. In your personal view, how can you live a life in adherence to your political point of view?
13. In your personal view, why do you think life is full of absurdities? Explain.
14. To live a life of meaning is to live it meaninglessly. Explain.
15. “We must imagine Sisyphus happy.” “I must imagine myself to be happy.” Repeat this (at least
21 times). Then answer the following questions:
a. Enumerate the things that makes you happy.
b. Specify the reasons how can you be happy with all these things.
c. Explain why you shouldn’t kill yourself?