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PHILOSOPHYWritten examination

Thursday 15 November 2018 Reading time: 11.45 am to 12.00 noon (15 minutes) Writing time: 12.00 noon to 2.00 pm (2 hours)

QUESTION AND ANSWER BOOK

Structure of bookSection Number of

questionsNumber of questions

to be answeredNumber of

marks

A 5 5 20B 2 2 20C 3 1 20

Total 60

• Studentsarepermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:pens,pencils,highlighters,erasers, sharpenersandrulers.

• StudentsareNOTpermittedtobringintotheexaminationroom:blanksheetsofpaperand/orcorrectionfluid/tape.

• Nocalculatorisallowedinthisexamination.

Materials supplied• Questionandanswerbookof20pages• Additionalspaceisavailableattheendofthebookifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.

Instructions• Writeyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedaboveonthispage.• AllwrittenresponsesmustbeinEnglish.

Students are NOT permitted to bring mobile phones and/or any other unauthorised electronic devices into the examination room.

©VICTORIANCURRICULUMANDASSESSMENTAUTHORITY2018

SUPERVISOR TO ATTACH PROCESSING LABEL HEREVictorian Certificate of Education 2018

STUDENT NUMBER

Letter

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SECTION A – continued

Question 1 (3 marks)In his ‘Sixth Meditation’, Descartes argues that it is certain that he can exist without his body.

State the premises of his argument.

Question 2 (2 marks) Use an example to explain one of Armstrong’s objections to behaviourism.

SECTION A

Instructions for Section AAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

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Question 3 (5marks) a. OutlineanargumentusedbyHumetosupporthisscepticalviewofpersonalidentity. 3marks

b. OutlineoneobjectionthatcouldbemadetoHume’sscepticalviewofpersonalidentity. 2marks

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SECTION A – continued

Question 4 (5marks)a. BrieflystateoneviewpointthatAristotleexpressesontheroleofpleasureinthegoodlife. 1mark

b. ExplainhowSocratesmightrespondtoAristotle’sviewpointstatedinpart a. 2marks

c. ExplainhowCalliclesmightrespondtoAristotle’sviewpointstatedinpart a. 2marks

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Question 5 (5marks)a. Nietzscheoffersasingleobjectionto‘hedonismorpessimismorutilitarianismor

eudaemonism’.

Brieflystatethisobjection. 1mark

b. Towhatextentistheobjectionstatedinpart a.afaircriticismofSinger’sargumentin‘Famine,Affluence,andMorality’? 4marks

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SECTION B – Question 1–continued

Question 1 (10marks)

Balance your body,mind and

soul!

Source:mstanley/Shutterstock.com(imageonly)

TowhatextentdoestheadviceintheimageabovemakesenseforArmstrongandSocrates?Wouldeitherofthemberight?Whyorwhynot?

SECTION B

Instructions for Section BAnswerallquestionsinthespacesprovided.

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SECTION B – Question 2–continued

Question 2 (10marks)CriticallycomparetheviewsofNagasenaandLockeontheselfanditsrelationshiptomoralresponsibility.Inyourresponse,makereferencetoatleastoneofNagasena’sthoughtexperiments.

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SECTION C – continued

Question 1 (20marks)

Source:ChrisMadden;CartoonStockLtd, <www.CartoonStock.com>

Inthecartoonabove,isanyonelivingthegoodlife?Inyourresponse,drawonphilosophicalsources,includingatleast oneofthefollowing:Plato’sGorgias, Aristotle,Nietzsche,Singer.

OR

Question 2 (20marks)‘Wehaveveryfewrealneeds,butourwantsaredestroyingus.’

Doyouagree?Inyourresponse,drawonrelevantphilosophicalsources,includingatleastoneofthefollowing:Plato’sGorgias, Aristotle,Nietzsche,Singer.

OR

Question 3 (20marks)‘Noneedtoworry:technologywillsaveus.’

Doyouagreewithwhatthisstatementsuggestsabouttechnologyandthegoodlife?Inyourresponse,drawonrelevantphilosophicalsources,includingatleastoneofthefollowing:Plato’sGorgias, Aristotle,Nietzsche,Singer.

SECTION C

Instructions for Section CWriteanessayononeofthefollowingtopics.

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SECTION C – continued

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SECTION C – continued

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Extra space for responses

Clearly number all responses in this space.

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Ananswerbookisavailablefromthesupervisorifyouneedextrapapertocompleteananswer.Pleaseensureyouwriteyourstudent numberinthespaceprovidedonthefrontcoveroftheanswerbook.At the end of the examination, place the answer book inside the front cover of this question and answer book.