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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 3, Part 2, Of Justice and Injustice.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of people does Hume say don't understand justice?
(a) Criminals.
(b) People with mental illness.
(c) Morally primitive people.
(d) Morally corrupt people.

2. From where does Hume say we derive our feelings of love and hate?
(a) From our parents.
(b) From others.
(c) From objects.
(d) From ourselves.

3. What does Hume think a proper understanding of the will help us to understand?
(a) Free will.
(b) Death.
(c) Love.
(d) The passions.

4. What best describes Hume's conception of the will?
(a) An intrinsic force.
(b) A power.
(c) A feeling.
(d) An extrinsic force.

5. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?
(a) Social order.
(b) Sensibility.
(c) Natural sentiment.
(d) Natural virtue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hume say happens to justice over time?

2. Which of the following is the best description of the microscope inquiry?

3. Which is the following is the best definition of the razor principle?

4. How does Hume define anger?

5. What connects our passions to our judgements about others?

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