NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 64 of 90)
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- Consider the following argument: ‘Only women are physically capable of bearing and nursing children. Therefore, women ought to be the primary caretakers of children.’ The argument stated above commits which fallacy?
- Naturalistic fallacy
- Appeal to tradition
- Irrelevant conclusion
- Hasty generalization
- What does R M Hare mean by universal moral principle?
- It must have been accepted by everybody always
- It is enforced by the provision of law
- It must be the proclamation of a universal religion
- It is a moral principle for somebody in some situation, then it is a moral principle for others in similar circumstances.
- Consider the following statements:
- Moral judgements are neither true nor false.
- Moral judgements involve, principles.
- Moral judgement are universalizable.
- Meaningful discussion is not possible on moral judgements.
- Which of the statements given above are acceptable to R M Hare?
- 1 and 4 only
- 2 and 3 only
- l, 2 and 3 only
- 2,3 and 4 only
- Which one of the following considers that value judgements entail imperatives?
- Descriptivism
- Emotivism
- Prescriptivism
- Intuitionism
- Who used the notion of persuasive definition?
- AJ Ayer
- CL Stevenson
- Hare
- Moore
- Which one of the following is the correct statement? According to AJ Ayer, a moral judgement given by at individual regarding an action is
- a statement about his feelings of approval or disapproval regarding the action
- a statement about the moral value of the action
- a statement about the approval or disapproval of the society regarding the action
- the expression of his emotions of approval or disapproval regarding the action
- Which of the following correctly describe (s) Sthitaprajni according to ‘Gita’
- He by self abides in the self and has found joy, satisfaction and peace in self.
- He has given up all his desires.
- He is not affected by pain, pleasure, passion, fear and anger.
- He has withdrawn all his senses from the attraction of other objects.
- Select the correct answer using the code given below
- 1,2, 3 and 4
- 2 and 3 only
- 1 and 2 only
- 1 only
- Tn Niskama-karmayoga of the ‘Gita’ ‘Karma’ is to be understood as which of the following?
- The action chosen by oneself
- The action prescribed according to Varna and Asrama
- The action obligated by custom
- Any action
- Consider the following in reference to Kant՚s thinking:
- Assertion (A) : Autonomy of the will is the supreme principle of morality.
- Reason (R) : We can only think of autonomy as member of the intelligible world (Noumena) . As members of the sensible world we have no freedom.
- Codes:
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : There is a lack of entailment relation between description and prescription.
- Reason (R) : Description and prescription have different logical functions in language
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) . Simultaneity of cognitions is impossible according to the Naiyayika. Reason (R) : Atomicity of mind (manas) does not allow different cognitions to be perceived at one time.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- According to Berkeley
- Assertion (A) : There can no more be an abstract idea of a triangle than there can be an abstract triangle.
- Reason (R) : A non-specific mental image of a triangle is a mental fiction.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Knowledge according to the Advaita Vedantin is self-validating despite its not being self-revealing.
- Reason (R) : For the Vedantins, external validation of cognition leads to an infinite regress.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : An argument is a group of propositions of which one, the conclusion, is clear to follow from others, which a premises.
- Reason (R) : Propositions are typically stated in declarative sentences in an argument.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true
- Assertion (A) : Some idealists are fanatics.
- Reason (R) : All reformers are idealists and some reformers are fanatics.
- Both A and R are individually true and R is the correct explanation of A
- Both A and R are individually true but R is not the correct explanation of A
- A is true but R is false
- A is false but R is true