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

2. Of what does virtue give us the impression?

3. Why does Hume think humans, unlike other animals, cannot satisfy their needs from nature alone?

4. What kind of passion does Hume say is a mistake to confuse as reason?

5. What direct passions do natural instincts produce?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does Hume say justice must be moral?

4. How has society developed a sense of justice?

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

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

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

8. Why does Hume say common loyalty is so important?

9. How does love and hatred differ from pride and humility?

10. What does Hume mean when he says one cannot derive an ought from an is?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what way is reason the slave of the passions? Why doesn't Hume think reason can direct the will? What according to Hume's idea would happen if the will was determined by reason?

Essay Topic 2

Define the following philosophical terms and describe why they are so important in understanding Hume's Treatise.

1. Empiricism.

2. Skepticism.

3. Impressions.

4. Cause and effect.

Essay Topic 3

What are the differences between the following? Give examples of each one.

1. Natural and philosophical relations.

2. Simple and complex ideas.

3. Sensory and reflective impressions.

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