According to Chapter 10, How Is the Distinction Between Objective

question 56

Multiple Choice

According to Chapter 10, how is the distinction between objective obligation and subjective obligation useful when thinking about religion and morality?

• A) It enables people who agree about religious claims but disagree about the moral implications of those claims to "agree to disagree" about those implications.
• B) It allows people who disagree about some religious claim to agree about the subjective obligations of people who accept that religious claim.
• C) It provides a polite way of saying that someone else is wrong by admitting that something is a subjective obligation rather than an objective obligation.
• D) It means that people of different religions can both be correct about what they are objectively obligated to do.

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Definitions:

Eruption Column

A towering cloud of ash, gas, and volcanic debris that rises above a volcano during an explosive eruption.

Caldera

A large, bowl-shaped volcanic depression, formed by the collapse of land following a volcanic eruption or the emptying of a magma chamber.

Basin-shaped Depression

A rounded or oval valley or hollow in the Earth's surface, typically formed by erosion or the collapse of a volcanic crater.

Calderas

Large, basin-like depressions formed by the collapse of a volcano after a massive eruption, usually holding a lake.