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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?
(a) They have more desires than they have means to meet them.
(b) They have an active mind and need to discover new things.
(c) They can't live in a primitive state.
(d) They have to live in an isolated space.

2. What does Hume say justice must be to motivate us?
(a) Fair.
(b) Individualistic.
(c) Moral.
(d) Interesting.

3. Which of the following does Hume say can't cause the will to act?
(a) Reason.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Love.
(d) Virtue.

4. What determines whether action is good or bad?
(a) Morality.
(b) Society.
(c) Actions.
(d) Motives.

5. Why do we love people we know more than strangers?
(a) They resemble us.
(b) They understand us.
(c) They don't judge us.
(d) It is easier to talk to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What virtue allows humans to be governed?

2. What does Hume say was enough to regulate humans in their tribes?

3. What approach does Hume bring to morality?

4. Which of the following is a quality that gives rise to moral sentiment?

5. Which of the following does Hume list as a natural virtue?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Hume think reason is the slave of the passions?

2. How has society developed a sense of justice?

3. Why does Hume think there is no free will in religion?

4. Why does Hume want to answer the question, "Which impression or ideas help us to divide virtue from vice?"

5. How would Hume's system deal with murder?

6. What is Hume's argument against those who defend free will?

7. What point is Hume making by using the murder example?

8. How does Hume use murder as an example of morals?

9. Why does Hume state that morality is not based on reason?

10. Summarize Part Three of Book Two.

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