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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does religion argue about free will?

2. Hume says the will is an impression of what?

3. What is Hume's general goal in his treatise?

4. What do defenders of free will believe about the will?

5. What does Hume say none of his three motives of human nature are sufficient enough to produce?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Hume say justice must be moral?

3. How has society developed a sense of justice?

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

5. Why does Hume claim women need a sentiment of chastity?

6. Why does Hume claim that actions are not the result of passions?

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

8. What does Part Three of Book Three say about natural virtues?

9. How does Hume define natural virtues?

10. When do moral pleasures and pains occur?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How have morals evolved to their current status in society? Why do you think morals are needed? In what way do they go against human nature and what evidence does Hume have to prove this?

Essay Topic 2

What is Hume's opinion on human virtues? How do they help to govern us and what would society be like if it was not populated with individuals with virtue?

Essay Topic 3

Summarize each of the three books and answer the following questions.

1. What are the main arguments in each of the three books?

2. How does does each of the three books contribute to the overall argument?

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