Module 1B Readings 3 & 4

Which answer does not fit the statement below?

Taking subjectivism to the extreme leads to the idea that:

• it is OK to not be OK

• no view is preferable to another

• each view is good because it is its own kind

• only an individual can judge himself

Which French philosopher said that "what I feel is right is right"?

• Jacques Derrida

• Jean-Luc Marion

• Jean Jacques Rosseau

• Jean Grey

To follow only what one desires is the true essence of being a good human being.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Morality which judges solely based on feelings is problematic because:

• all feelings are relative

• feelings are always wrong and must be supressed

• it tends to ignore the feelings of others

• all feelings are valid

Feelings must not be accepted uncritically and must be judged by something reliable and ________?

• imperfect

• impossible

• impartial

• immediate

Only good people have a conscience.

• FALSE

• TRUE

To think of conscience only as a kind of moral sense is wrong because:

• not all people are equally sensitive

• it is not simply an intuition or gut feel

• it suggests that it is a developed faculty connected with a particular organ

Shame is unhealthy and is bad for us. We must not be allowed to feel it.

• agree

• disagree

Our conscience is formed by natural endowment and:

• the social contract

• social conditioning

• social networking sites

• social security services

People who adopt the majority view are also usually the same ones who think that everything (including morality) is purely subjective and personal.

• TRUE

• FALSE