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Question Paper Name: Philosophy 878 30th May 2019 Shift2 Set1

Subject Name: Philosophy 878

Creation Date: 2019-05-30 19:01:14

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Philosophy 878

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PART I

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Section Id: 128206306

Section Number: 1

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Number of Questions: 39

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Question Id: 12820612841 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (1 to 5)

Question Label: Comprehension

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...interests having been neglected by the insensibility of the ancient jurists, and degraded into the class of things of absolute indifference. The day has been, in many places it is not yet past, in which the greater part of the species, under the denomination of slaves, have been treated... upon the same footing as animals are still. The day may come, when the rest of the animal creation may acquire those rights which never could have been withholden from them but by the hand of tyranny. The French have already discovered that the blackness of skin is no reason why a human being should be abandoned without redress to the caprice of a tormentor. It may come one day to be recognized, that the number of legs, the villosity of the skin, or the termination of the os sacrum, are reasons equally insufficient for abandoning a sensitive being to the same fate. What else is it that should trace the insuperable line? Is it the faculty of reason, or perhaps, the faculty for discourse?...the question is not, Can they reason? nor, Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being?...The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes... "

(Jeremy Bentham, Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation)

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Question Number: 1 Question Id: 12820612842 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The author of the passage argues for the ethical treatment of animals on the following ground-

1. Empathy towards their feelings and sufferings
2. Their rational capacity to recognize their existence
3. Their membership in our moral community
4. None of the above

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Options:

12820650695. A

12820650696. B

12820650697. C

12820650698. D

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Question Number: 2 Question Id: 12820612843 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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What position does the author take with regard to racism?

1. The author is silent about it
2. The author justifies it on the ground of historical evidence

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3. The author fails to note the cultural difference
4. The author condemns it

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12820650699. A

12820650700. B

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12820650701. C

12820650702. D

Question Number: 3 Question Id: 12820612844 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The author takes an ethical position that can roughly be called-

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1. Anti-specieism
2. Specieism
3. Anthropocentrism
4. None of the above

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12820650703. A

12820650704. B

12820650705. C

12820650706. D

Question Number: 4 Question Id: 12820612845 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Which of the following doctrine does the author invoke?

1. Ethical relativism
2. Hedonism
3. Utilitarian consequentialism

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4. Both b and c

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12820650707. A

12820650708. B

12820650709. C

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12820650710. D

Question Number: 5 Question Id: 12820612846 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Which one of the following position is acceptable to the author of the passage?

1. Altruism

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2. Moral relativism
3. Cognitivism
4. Rationalism

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12820650711. A

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12820650712. B

12820650713. C

12820650714. D

Question Id: 12820612847 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (6 to 10)

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Question Label: Comprehension

"A good will is good not because of what it effects, or accomplishes, not because of its fitness to attain some intended end, but good just by its willing, i.e., in itself; and considered by itself, it is to be esteemed beyond compare much higher than anything that could ever be brought about by it in favor of some inclination and indeed, if you will, of the sum of all inclinations. Even if, by a special disfavor of fortune or by the niggardly provision of a stepmotherly nature, this will should wholly lack the capacity to carry out its purpose - if with its greatest efforts it should yet achieve nothing and only the good will were left (not, of course, as a mere wish but as the summoning of all means insofar as they are in our control) - then, like a jewel, it would still shine by itself, as something that has its full worth in itself. Usefulness or fruitlessness can neither add anything to this worth nor take anything away from it. Its usefulness would be, as it were, only the setting to enable us to handle it more conveniently in ordinary commerce or to attract to it the attention of those who are not yet expert enough, but not to recommend it to experts or to determine its worth."

(Immanuel Kant, Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals)

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Question Number: 6 Question Id: 12820612848 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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A good will is good because of its-

1. Certain extrinsic factors
2. Intrinsic nature
3. Possibility to having good results

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4. Usefulness of an action

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12820650715. A

12820650716. B

12820650717. C

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12820650718. D

Question Number: 7 Question Id: 12820612849 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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If morality of an action is assessed according to the will of the agent, which of the following possibility does not follow-

1. The action will be good even if it fails to generate good consequence

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2. Intention of the agent defines the moral character of the action
3. Agent's sympathetic concerns have to be taken into account
4. None of the above

Question Number: 8 Question Id: 12820612850 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Although consequence of an action does not determine the moral character of an action, its usefulness cannot be altogether overlooked, according to Kant. Which of the following view is correct about the above statement?

1. Coherent
2. Incoherent
3. Depends on the situation of the action
4. Kant is silent about it

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Options:

12820650723. A

12820650724. B

12820650725. C

12820650726. D

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Question Number: 9 Question Id: 12820612851 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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"By good will Kant means the desire or inclination to do your duty because it is your duty." If the above statement is correct which one of the following can be safely made about Kant's position-

1. Only the motivation drawn from good will gives moral worth to an action.
2. Motivation drawn from the consequence of an action is relevant

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3. Desire or inclination to do one's duty is a self centric belief
4. None of the above

Options:

12820650727. A

12820650728. B

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12820650729. C

12820650730. D

Question Number: 10 Question Id: 12820612852 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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1. If a person is equipped with the qualities such as intelligence, courage, and perseverance she does not necessarily need to have a good will to become a good person.

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2. If you have good will that itself is enough to identify you as a good person.
3. If you have good will then it is good that you have qualities such as intelligence, courage, and perseverance.
4. The quality of your being a good person is squarely dependent on your having a good will.

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12820650731. A

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12820650732. B

12820650733. C

12820650734. D

Sub-Section Number: 3

Sub-Section Id: 128206604

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Question Id: 12820612853 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (11 to 12)

Question Label: Comprehension

"In every system of morality which I have hitherto met with, I have always remarked, that the author proceeds for some time in the ordinary way of reasoning, and establishes the being of a God, or makes observations concerning human affairs; when of a sudden I am surprised to find, that instead of the usual copulations of propositions, is, and is not, I meet with no proposition that is not connected with an ought, or an ought not. This change is imperceptible; but is, however, of the last consequence. For as this ought, or ought not, expresses some new relation or affirmation, it is necessary that it should be observed and explained; and at the same time that a reason should be given, for what seems altogether inconceivable, how this new relation can be a deduction from others, which are entirely different from it."

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(David Hume, A Treatise on Human Nature, Book III)

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Question Number: 11 Question Id: 12820612854 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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1. The practice of deducing normative claims from factual claims

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2. The method of deducing 'ought nots' from 'oughts'
3. The establishment of the existence of God
4. The copulation of the 'is-proposition' with 'is not-proposition'

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12820650735. A

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12820650736. B

12820650737. C

12820650738. D

Question Number: 12 Question Id: 12820612855 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The author of the above passage suggests one of the following gaps-

1. The gap between 'is' and 'ought'
2. The gap between 'is' and 'isn't'
3. The gap between 'ought' and 'ought not'
4. None of the above

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Options:

12820650739. A

12820650740. B

12820650741. C

12820650742. D

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Sub-Section Number: 4

Sub-Section Id: 128206605

Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes

Question Id: 12820612856 Question Type: COMPREHENSION Sub Question Shuffling Allowed: Yes Group Comprehension Questions: No

Question Numbers: (13 to 15)

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Question Label: Comprehension

"...very simple principle, as entitled to govern absolutely the dealings of society with the individual in all things pertaining to them, whether the means used be physical force in the form of legal penalties, or the moral coercion of public opinion. That principle is, that the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number is self-protection. That the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community, against his will, is to prevent harm to others. ... The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part that merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign."

(J.S. Mill, On Liberty)

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Question Number: 13 Question Id: 12820612857 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Which one of the following premises does not follow from the above passage?

1. Prevention of harm to others is the fundamental concern of a civilized society
2. The will of an agent can forcibly be overborne only to prevent harm to others
3. Liberty of action is an unconditional fundamental right

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4. None of the above

Options:

12820650743. A

12820650744. B

12820650745. C

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12820650746. D

Question Number: 14 Question Id: 12820612858 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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"The principle of harm does not imply that one has an absolute right over one's mind and body." Which one of the following is correct about the above statement?

1. True

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2. False
3. The principle is silent about it
4. Cannot be said

Options:

12820650747. A

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12820650748. B

12820650749. C

12820650750. D

Question Number: 15 Question Id: 12820612859 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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1. "Liberty consists in the freedom to do everything which injures no one else."
2. "The exercise of the natural rights of each man has no limits except those which assure to the other members of the society the enjoyment of the same rights."
3. Individual liberty is constrained by the concerns of others
4. All of them

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12820650751. A

12820650752. B

12820650753. C

12820650754. D

Sub-Section Number: 5

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Question Number: 16 Question Id: 12820612860 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Leibnitz's theory of monads reflects the dual study of-

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1. Mathematics & Biology
2. Physics & Chemistry
3. Mathematics & Physics
4. Mathematics & Chemistry

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12820650755. A

12820650756. B

12820650757. C

12820650758. D

Question Number: 17 Question Id: 12820612861 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The term metaethics was coined by A. J. Ayer, who used it in 1949 in an article entitled-

1. On the Analysis of Moral Judgements
2. What I saw When I was dead
3. Metaphysics and Common Sense

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4. Has Austin Refuted the Sense-Datum Theory?

Options:

12820650759. A

Question Number: 18 Question Id: 12820612862 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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Bradley, in My Station and My Duties, points out that a man is born with particular aptitudes in a particular-

1. Cultural environment
2. Relational environment
3. Social environment
4. Religious environment

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Options:

12820650763. A

12820650764. B

12820650765. C

12820650766. D

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Question Number: 19 Question Id: 12820612863 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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"In educating people we try either to teach them something, or to encourage them to learn for themselves. What is to be learned may be straightforward facts, or it may be skills, attitudes, habits, beliefs, and so on. Whichever is the case, the attempt is to change people in some way. This being so, education must involve"-

(Education and the Value of Knowledge, Degenhardth)

1. Judgement about what sort of changes are desired

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2. Judgement about what sort of changes are required to acquire pleasure
3. Judgement about what sort of policies are to be adopted for the state
4. None of the above

Options:

12820650767. A

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12820650768. B

12820650769. C

12820650770. D

Question Number: 20 Question Id: 12820612864 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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1. Another name for division of society
2. Division of labour
3. Division of labourers
4. Unnatural division of labourers

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12820650771. A

12820650772. B

12820650773. C

12820650774. D

Question Number: 21 Question Id: 12820612865 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The difference between faith and reason is particularly striking for Kierkegaard when man arrives at the religious stage. Man's movement from the aesthetic to the ethical level require an act of-

1. Choice and commitment
2. Favour and commitment
3. Choice and favour

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4. Both a & b

Options:

12820650775. A

12820650776. B

12820650777. C

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12820650778. D

Question Number: 22 Question Id: 12820612866 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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What, according to John Rawls, is wrong with utilitarianism?

1. Not everyone wants to be happy

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2. Utilitarianism does not tell us what to do
3. Utilitarianism leads to unjust outcomes
4. Utilitarianism is old-fashioned

Options:

12820650779. A

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12820650780. B

12820650781. C

12820650782. D

Question Number: 23 Question Id: 12820612867 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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1. Wisdom
2. Intelligence
3. Joy
4. Suffering

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12820650783. A

12820650784. B

12820650785. C

12820650786. D

Question Number: 24 Question Id: 12820612868 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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What is the status of a derived rule in relation to the primitive rules?

1. An additional rule over and above the primitive rules
2. A redundant rule in the system
3. A rule relating the different primitive rules

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4. A rule which is a generalization of one of the primitive rules

Options:

12820650787. A

12820650788. B

12820650789. C

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12820650790. D

Question Number: 25 Question Id: 12820612869 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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The proofs which show that derived rules are redundant are-

1. Proofs within the system

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2. Meta-theoretic proofs
3. Meta-meta-theoretic proofs
4. None of the above

Options:

12820650791. A

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12820650792. B

12820650793. C

12820650794. D

Question Number: 26 Question Id: 12820612870 Question Type: MCQ Option Shuffling: No Display Question Number: Yes Single Line Question Option: No Option Orientation: Vertical

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1. Primitive rules
2. Formation rules
   

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