501 Critical Reading Questions
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501 Critical Reading Questions
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- Newman’s idea of the purpose and benefits of a university education.
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b. asserts. c. places. d. chooses. e. denies. 6 2 501 Critical Reading Questions (5) (10) (15) (20) 6 3 123. According to the definition of utilitarianism in lines 3–11, stealing bread to feed hungry children would be a. morally right because it has good intentions. b. morally wrong because of it violates another’s rights. c. morally right because it has positive consequences. d. morally wrong because stealing is illegal. e. neither morally right nor wrong; a neutral action. 124. According to the utilitarian principles described in lines 13–19, we should a. do what will bring us the most happiness. b. always think of others first. c. make our intentions clear to others. d. do what will make the most people the most happy. e. avoid things that will make us unhappy. 125. In lines 19–22, the author’s purpose is to show that a. using utilitarianism to make a moral decision is not always easy. b. sacrifice is necessary in life. c. long-term consequences are more important than short-term consequences. d. a pro/con list is the most effective technique for making an important decision. e. great good often comes at a great price. Questions 126–133 are based on the following passage. Written by John Henry Newman in 1852, the following passage presents Newman’s idea of the purpose and benefits of a university education. I have said that all branches of knowledge are connected together, because the subject-matter of knowledge is intimately united in itself [ . . . ]. Hence it is that the Sciences, into which our knowledge may be said to be cast, have multiple bearings on one another, and an inter- nal sympathy, and admit, or rather demand, comparison and adjust- ment. They complete, correct, and balance each other. This consideration, if well-founded, must be taken into account, not only as regards the attainment of truth, which is their common end, but as regards the influence which they excise upon those whose education consists in the study of them. I have already said, that to give undue prominence to one is to be unjust to another; to neglect or supersede these is to divert those from their proper object. It is to unsettle the 501 Download 0.98 Mb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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