Republic of the Philippines

Region XI
Department of Education
Division of Davao City
EMILIO RAMOS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
Diamond Village, Angliongto, Davao City

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN PHILOSOPHY

2nd QUARTER EXAM

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Please read first the instructions CAREFULLY.
2. If there are questions, please ask assistance to your teacher.
3. Avoid talking to your seatmate so that you will not consider CHEATING.
4. Do not write anything on the questionnaire.
5. Strictly NO ERASURE.

I. Select the best answer from the given choices.

A. The statement shows responsible use of FREEDOM.

B. The statement shows irresponsible use of FREEDOM.

1. Instead of spending her excess allowance on new set of makeup, Joyce decided to open a bank account
and start saving up her future.

2. Despite the threats made on his life, the witness decided to come forward and divulge important
information regarding the crime he witnessed.

3. John Carlo used the internet to humiliate Gabby by spreading nude photos of him on social media.

4. Despite being told not to travel to other countries, a seriously-ill businessman still continued on his
vacation overseas.

5. Dinton dives into traffic to grab and save Jackelyn who is about to get hit by a speeding car.

6. A businessman resigned from a lucrative position in an overseas firm to start his own business and
spend more time with his family.

7. Despite knowing that many of his clients were poor and desperate, a moneylender continues to impose
very high interest rates on loans.

8. While his parents were on vacation, Julius invited his classmate over to their house for an overnight party.
Neighbors called the police to complain about the noise made by the partygoers, while a bonfire on the
yard almost burned down part of the house.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

-Plato
II. Select the best answer from the given choices.
Column A Column B

9. This view argues that our free will is innate and is exercised a. Positive Liberty
through the intellect. b. Negative Liberty
10. This model views free will as the capacity to choose among c. Natural Rights
varied wants and desires and to commit to fulfilling them. d. Legal Rights
11. This view believes that a person shows he or she has free will e. Free Will
when he or she considers other alternatives or decides not to ab. Free Action
enact a certain decision. ac. Faculties Model
12. This view believes that everything in reality has an underlying ad. Reason-Responsive View
cause. ae. Hierarchal Model
13. The freedom of a person to take control of his or her own life. bc. Determinism
14. The freedom from external restraint and barriers. be. Freedom
15. The rights based on society’s customs, norms, and laws. bd. Moral Responsibility
16. The rights which are innate in a person.
17. The capacity of people to choose their decisions and actions.
18. The freedom to perform a certain action without constraints
impediments.
19. This perspective argues that human actions and decisions
are essentially free and cannot be influenced by external
causes.
20. This refers to either deserving reward or punishment for an
action.
III. Choose the letter of your choice.

A. If A is TRUE, and B is FALSE.

B. If A is FALSE, and B is TRUE.
C. If A and B are both TRUE.
D. If A and B are both FALSE.

21. A. Man has the natural tendency to establish relationships with other people.
B. All philosophers believe that we are primarily aware of people as objects and not as persons.

22. A. The views and ideas of other people, as well as social context, do not influence our behavior as
individuals.
B. Intersubjectivity refers to shared awareness and understanding among people.

23. A. “Seeming” refers to the capacity of individuals to engage in genuine interaction with others.
B. An authentic relationship is only possible if individuals acknowledge each other’s presence as a
person.

24. A. Availability refers to the willingness of a person to make himself or herself available for another.
B. All philosophers believe that humans find it difficult to have meaningful relationships with others.

25. A. Empathy requires an individual to accept the other as a thinking, feeling person.
B. The Christian perspective defines relationships among men as fellowship and community, while
that between God and man as a covenant.

26. A. Society refers to large, independent, and organized group of people living in the same territory.
B. Agricultural societies are centered on mechanized production and the exchange of goods and
services.

27. A. Modern Societies are technologically-advanced societies characterized by industry, mass

productions, and advanced communication and transportation.
B. Industrial societies are those engaged in farming, fishing, and livestock-raising as primary way of
life.

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

-Plato
28. A. Normative Democratic Theory is a perspective which considers a democratic society as morally
desirable.
B. Socialization is the process by which an individual learns the prevailing behaviors, attitudes, and
values within his or her society.

29. A. Social Roles entail a set of expected behaviors that must be performed by a person.
B. Social Contract is a disagreement where individuals sacrifice some of their wants and submit to a
higher authority.

30. A. Humans are considered to have a natural tendency to cooperate and organize.
B. Society is a natural outcome of this human tendency to dissocialize.

IV. Select the best answer from the given choices.

Column A Column B

31. A statistic that measures the over-all well-being of a country a. Dignity

32. He believes that happiness is achieved through wise decision-making b. Greatest Happiness
33. For Immanuel Kant, this defines human action and leads to satisfaction c. Welfare
34. They believe that happiness requires a person to enjoy d. Contentment
the simple pleasures of life e. Eudaimonia
35. For Aristotle, this leads to true happiness ab. Epicureans
36. The ability to control and define one’s beauty ac. Ethics
37. It refers to the satisfaction of a person’s wants and desires ad. Goodwill
38. It is an element of happiness which refers to satisfaction with one’s life ae. Jeremy Bantham
39. The utilitarian principle of happiness that promotes the satisfaction of many bc. Gross National
40. The Ancient Greek term that refers to a state of well-being or happiness Happiness

V. Select the best answer from the given choices.

Column A Column B

41. It is believed that the spirit of the dead survives a continues to persist a. Eternal Oblivion
42. A phenomenon of the afterlife existence b. Afterlife
43. It is a belief that death totally extinguishes the consciousness of the person c. Physical suffering
44. It is the end of all biological functions that sustain a living organism d. Angst
45. The certainty of death is seen is the gradual decline of the human body e. Weltschmerz
46. It is the term used to refer to man’s realization that the world ab. Senescence
can never live up to the ideal “perfect world” resulting to feelings ac. Ennui
of sadness or apathy ad. Death
47. It refers to fear and anxiety wherein a person begins ae. Suffering
to question his or her purpose and reason for being bc. Near Death
48. It refers to an experience of unpleasantness, discomfort, and pain Experience
49. It refers to physical sensations such as discomfort, hunger, bd. Mental suffering
distress and pain
50. It associated with emotional and mental states such as anxiety, fear, loneliness, grief

Ignorance, the root and stem of all evil.

-Plato