Education homework help
Education homework help. UNIT ASSESSMENT
QUESTION 1
In the United States, fundamental questions about ourselves and our purpose in life occur to many of us most forcefully:
1. at retirement when work no longer controls our lives.
when the last child leaves the house and the task of how to fill those hours away from is again a matter of choice.
when we are wondering what work we should do to earn a living.
when college is completed.
QUESTION 2
Reasoning in moral matters is always:
1. consulting a moral theory.
something best done alone.
reasoning with somebody.
a religious matter.
QUESTION 3
Defining myself means:
1. doing what feels good to me.
not letting anyone else influence me at all.
finding what is significant in my difference from others.
finding what is best in me.
QUESTION 4
Taylor defines “self-determining freedom” as:
1. doing what I want when I want.
the idea that I am free when I decide for myself what concerns me, rather than being shaped by external influences.
the pursuit of life, liberty, and happiness.
deciding for myself what is right and wrong.
QUESTION 5
The editors of Leading Lives that Matter warn us that this book is not:
1. the Bible.
a science book.
a comic book.
a self-help book.
QUESTION 6
Taylor writes that the eighteenth century was marked by the notion that human beings are endowed with:
1. natural athletic ability.
certain fixed intellectual abilities.
a Fixed personality.
a moral sense of right and wrong.
QUESTION 7
The general feature of human life that Taylor wants to evoke is its fundamentally:
1. individualist character.
independent character.
dialogical character.
free character.
QUESTION 8
The editors of Leading Lives that Matter assume that many people today desire:
1. happiness.
success.
to lead lives that matter and are significant.
nothing but good for themselves.
QUESTION 9
What is PTEV?
1. Program To Educate about Vocation
Program for the Theological Exploration of Vocation
People Thoroughly Educated about Vocation
Parents and Teachers for the Education of Vocation
QUESTION 10
What is the Lilly Foundation?
1. A florist chain in Kentucky
A private family foundation in Indianapolis
A national conservation organization
A branch of the National Arbor Day foundation concerned with plant life
QUESTION 11
How do you deal with your own good fortune amidst all the sorrow and suffering that exists in the world?
QUESTION 12
Who are your significant others? How do you define yourself by them and against them?