CSS Political Science Test With Answers

CSS Political Science Test

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1 In Sartre's view, when one chooses how to live one is choosing only for oneself for all of one's family for all of one's friends for all people
2 What all existentialists have in common, according to Sartre, is the view that God does not exist, and so everything is permitted All humans share a common nature existence precedes essence essence precedes existence
3 According to Sartre , existentialism is a doctrine intended strictly for All people specialists and philosophers Europeans atheists
4 According to Sartre , existentialism is a doctrine intended strictly for All people specialists and philosophers Europeans atheists
5 Hume sees no difficulty in the possibility of "an eternal succession of objects ," without beginning or end . This is meant to be an objection to The Argument from Design The Cosmological Argument Kierkegaard's leap of faith Both B and C
6 Kierkegaard tells us that only ethical interest is interest In the well-being of those less fortunate In the sincerity of others On one's own subjective reality In objective reality In one's relation to one's community
7 Kierkegaard says it is a mistake for me to ask about another person's mind, because i risk the possibility of Violating the other person's solitude Being deceived Entanglement Sin All of the above
8 The essential feature(s) of Kierkegaard's philosophy His opposition to the religious views of the burghers The "leap of faith" The subjectivity of truth Both A and B Both B and C
9 Kierkegaard claims that a rational proof of God's existence is impossible because God would not want such a proof to be possible God is infinite, and the mind of man is finite if we could prove God's existence , we would have done so by now it would remove God's essential mysstery None of these
10 Which argument does Kierkegaard use for the existence of God? The Argument from Design The Argument from first Cause The Ontological Argument A version of the Cosmological Argument Kierkegaard gives no argument for the existence of God
11 Truth according to Kierkegaard is achieved by Using rational means to prove a belief Using empirical methods to verify a belief Showing that contrary of a belief entails a contradiction Possessing a belief that you hold passionately and without doubt None of the above
12 Marx and Kierkegaard Disagreed concerning the value of Hegelian philosophy Were both concerned with the issue of poverty Both concerned themselves with religious reform Were opposed to the same forces, though they attacked them in very different ways all of these
13 Existentialism is the philosophical doctrine according to which our being as subjective individuals is more important than what we have in common objectively with other human beings Our objective relationship with God Our ability to exercise individual choices Our choice of inner beliefs None of these
14 Kierkegaard opposed himself to: the Lutheran Church Hegelian philosophers middle-class society Both of A and B All of these
15 The offer of eternal life in exchange for sincere faith caused fear and torment because Each person has committed some sin Different people interpreted it different ways it is nearly impossible to be sure that one has unconditional faith in God We are limited by our imperfect understanding of the motives of God None of above
16 In order to be saved , according to Kierkegaard, one's faith must be Free from all doubt, including doubt that one is deserving of eternal life Held throughout an observant life Justified by reason Given only after a long period of questioning one's worthiness all of above
17 The price of salvation, according to Kierkegaard's variety of Protestantism, is The performance of "good works" Frequent public attestations of belief in God's existence Unconditioned faith in God's promise of eternal life Both A and B NOne of thee
18 For Kierkegaard, the central religious problem was the Problem of evil Problem of faith Search for a proof of God's existence Problem of determining the nature of the afterlife None of these
19 For Kierkegaard and his Pietist associates, to believe in God is to: None of these Expect certain punishment for worldly sin Trust God to provide an eternal life after death Attend the proper rituals and recite the appropriate prayers Believe in the power of prayer
20 For Kierkegaard and his Pietist associates, to believe in God is to: Believe in the power of prayer None of these Attend the proper rituals and recite the appropriate prayers Expect certain punishment for worldly sin Trust God to provide an eternal life after death
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