Question 1
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Nasr thinks man treats nature more as a prostitute than an as married woman because:
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Man recognizes that nature is amoral – that is, without any moral sense
Man knows nature is untamed and wild and does not abide by societal rules
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Man benefits from nature without any sense of responsibility towards it
Man eventually has to pay for the pleasure he gets from nature (e.g. through global warming etc.)
None of the above.
Question 2
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Which of the following does Nasr not associate with the dominating attitude of people towards nature?
Destruction of natural beauty
Exhaustion of natural resources
Mental illnesses
The concept of perpetual economic progress
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The subjugation of women and ethnic minorities.
Question 3
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Nasr associates all but one of the following ‘symptoms’ with the natural sciences. Which is the odd one out?
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Natural science has created a balance between qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Natural science ignores qualitative questions and focuses only on quantitative ones
Natural science is materialistic
Natural science has become deterministic of all reality
Natural science has pushed out cosmology and metaphysics.
Question 4
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Neo-Thomism points out the limitations of the scientific knowledge in gaining a holistic understanding of the Universe.
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True
False
Question 5
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Why does Nasr criticize modern theology? What is the ODD ONE OUT?
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Because it focuses only on one religion and ignores other traditions
Because in trying to synthesize itself with the scientific methods it has become shallow
Because it has often ignored the domain of nature and the sciences.
Because it has forgotten metaphysical doctrine
Because it no longer shares any common ground with philosophy and science.
Question 6
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The Baconian creed holds that:
Natural science should be understood as uncovering the nature of things.
Science and technology should be quite separate.
Religion and science should be separated.
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Scientific knowledge means technological power over nature.
Technology should supersede agriculture.
Question 7
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Science was traditionally lower class, action-oriented and empirical.
True
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False
Question 8
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White holds that modern science began with the works of Copernicus and Vesalius.
True
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False
Question 9
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The greatest psychic revolution of the history of Western culture is, according to White:
The joining forces of science and technology.
The replacement of subsistence agriculture with large scale farming
The development of the plow.
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The victory of Christianity over paganism.
The secularization of science.
Question 10
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The idea of perpetual progress is specific to Judeo-Christian thinking.
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True
False
Question 11
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By the 13th Century in the Latin West, natural theology was understood as studying nature as a symbolic system in order to see what messages God had to give humans.
True
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False
Question 12
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The attitude of dominion towards nature is held exclusively by practising Christians in our society.
True
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False
Question 13
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Christian missionaries have often destroyed sacred groves of trees as it is seen as idolatrous to worship spirits within them. .
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True
True: p.35
False
Question 14
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Modern technology can be seen as an expression of the Christian attitude that man transcends and has mastery over nature.
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True
False
Question 15
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St. Francis succeeded in introducing the idea to mainstream Christian dogma that all creatures, including man, are equal.
True
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False
Question 16
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Moncrief fundamentally disagrees with White that human ecology is deeply conditioned by religion.
True
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False
Question 17
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Moncrief thinks it is reasonable to hold that religion sets the parameters for the ways we value the environment.
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True
False
Question 18
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Moncrief thinks that the increase in median incomes after the French and Industrial revolutions led to the sudden increase in pollution and environmental damage.
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True
False
Question 19
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Moncrief argues that economic forces are solely responsible for our ecologic crisis.
True
Correct!
False
Quiz Score: 19 out of 20