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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 was required to regulate society once it had evolved into a certain order?
(a) Justice.
(b) Morality.
(c) Passion.
(d) Religion.

2. What does Hume say happens to justice over time?
(a) It is needed less and less.
(b) It gets more complex.
(c) It gets simpler.
(d) It gets less just.

3. The second truth in Hume's fork principle deals with what?
(a) Judgements.
(b) Matters of principle.
(c) Matters of fact.
(d) Morals.

4. To what does distinguishing between perception and reality often lead?
(a) Counterintuitive positions.
(b) Misguided theories.
(c) A metaphysical position.
(d) Lopsided theories.

5. How does Hume define respect?
(a) Feelings of deep envy towards another person.
(b) Feelings of love and humility towards another person.
(c) Loving someone you want to be and perhaps could be.
(d) Listening to someone you don't like.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Hume say we admire the rich and the powerful?

2. What does Hume claim should not be arrived at instinctively?

3. What does Hume use his razor theory to devalue?

4. Why does Hume say that neither ideas nor impressions are infinitely divisible?

5. What determines whether action is good or bad?

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