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Immanuel Kant defined enlightenment in terms of what?

A) Religion
B) Divine right
C) Education
D) Freedom

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Which thinker did NOT promote civil disobedience as a method for protesting and reforming law systems?

A) Thoreau.
B) Kant.
C) Gandhi.
D) King Jr.

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In Plato's Euthyphro , who subscribes to a divine command theory of ethics?

Secular ethics are only for atheists.

Which approach is aimed at finding common ground between world religions and cultural traditions?

The Golden Rule is followed by most of the world's major religions.

John Locke believed in toleration of religious dissenters.

The idea of ahisma was originally developed by Aristotle.

According to the "divine command" theory of ethics, certain actions are right because God wills them for us. We therefore have a duty to find out exactly what God wills and distinguish it from what is merely a fallible human wish or interpretation of what God's will might be.

Divine command theory is a form of deontological ethics.

The concept of a single moral community that is not bound to cultural or religious traditions is known as cosmopolitanism.

According to your text, which of the following is sometimes criticized for expressing Eurocentric ideals?

The paradox of toleration is no longer relevant to today's global culture.

Which of the following problems is a theodicy intended to address?

The paradox of toleration questions whether which of the following should be tolerated?

The Divine Command Theory states that certain actions are sins, based on their moral and ethical value.

Which amendment of the US Constitution proclaims religious liberty?

In which society did tolerance and pluralism originate?

Philosophical ethics is necessarily incompatible with religious conviction.

Civil disobedience assumes it is permissible to violate a law that goes against your conscience.