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PhB Bachelor of Philosophy VIP Comprehensive Examination
PhB Bachelor of Philosophy — No single standardized licensing exam exists for a Bachelor of Philosophy degree; this is an original comprehensive practice set modeled on the breadth and rigor of PhB comprehensive examinations administered at institutions such as the University of Notre Dame and Oxford's BPhil program, covering the canonical domains of undergraduate philosophy: logic, epistemology, metaphysics, ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, and history of philosophy.
29
Questions
90m
Time Limit
70.00%
To Pass
Question 1 of 29👑 VIP
A student argues: 'All actions that maximize overall happiness are morally right. Torturing one innocent person to prevent the deaths of a thousand people maximizes overall happiness. Therefore, torturing one innocent person is morally right.' A critic responds that this conclusion is monstrous, so one of the premises must be false. This style of argument — accepting the logical validity of an argument but rejecting a premise because the conclusion is unacceptable — is known as:
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