<p>Dammit, I don’t remember what I put for the first question. I know I definitely put excessively materialistic though.</p>
<p>“From what I have said of the natives of New Holland they may appear to some to be the most wretched people upon earth; but in reality they are far happier than we Europeans, being wholly unacquainted not only with the superfluous, but”</p>
<p>I found this by James Cook…I fell like this was the quote, but CB replaced New Holland?</p>
<p>Nvm, apparently New Holland can mean Australia.</p>
<p>Yeah I think that was the quote. Can you try to remember the first question related to that quote, assuming that excessively materialistic was the second question.</p>
<p>I remember three of the answer choices; it was asking you to identify what he was referring to or something like that.</p>
<p>a) utilitarianism
b)
c) savage something
d) Social Darwinism
e)</p>
<p>“Utilitarianism (also: utilism) is the idea that the moral worth of an action is determined solely by its usefulness in maximizing utility as summed among all sentient beings.” - Utilitarianism, Wikipedia</p>
<p>The answer I put was the “Noble Savage” concept, which was a reaction against Hobbes, who stated that uncivilized folk live in wretched, brutish conditions - Cook’s observations directly contradict that and thus support the “Noble Savage” (C) which was that the natives, in nature, are thus happy.</p>
<p>Wow I have no idea what I put for that question. Don’t remember at all.</p>
<p>Edit: YESSSS THATS WHAT I PUT NOBLE SAVAGEEEEEE</p>
<p>esmee16: The link you provided seems to disprove the idea that ahimsa’s purpose is personal spiritual progression.</p>
<p>"You may think that there is a high degree of self-interest in the doctrine of ahimsa, because in Jainism harm done to other beings is considered harm to oneself since it attracts much karma and thus hinders the soul’s journey to liberation. But this is merely an appearance - the level of detachment that a Jain seeks to cultivate eliminates self-interest.</p>
<p>Literally translated, Ahimsa means to be without harm; to be utterly harmless, not only to oneself and others, but to all forms of life, from the largest mammals to the smallest bacteria."</p>
<p>So while adhering to ahimsa will improve the state of one’s own soul, that should not be the primary motivation for doing so. I remember that one of the answer choices was something like “to protect all other souls (forms of life?) from harm”, which is pretty much the exact definition of ahimsa, so I don’t see why they wouldn’t go with the clearer choice.</p>
<p>Yeah but ahimsa in jainism is different I think?</p>
<p>You definitely can’t say it was easy. there are probably ~10-15 questions that I’d say are up in the air for a lot of people.</p>
<p>Yeah I agree.</p>
<p>I think the curve for this exam will be pretty generous. I think at least a 75 raw score will be an 800. What do you guys think?</p>
<p>That would be nice. Who knows? Collegeboard is screwed up.</p>
<p>I am going to be extremely paranoid until June 23rd. That’s not necessarily good because I still have finals and Regents exams to take.</p>
<p>Even if the curve is pretty bad, 790 or 780 isn’t awful either.</p>
<p>true, but that test was damn hard (7 wrong and 3 blank so far). Too many fact based/memorization questions with vague answers. IMO i think the ap test was far easier cause your forced to think and not regurgitate.</p>
<p>True. And the AP doesn’t ask random knowledge questions about exceedingly obscure things like the SAT does.</p>
<p>But think about it, to get lower than a 780 you would have to get like 20 wrong.</p>
<p>What did you guys put for the question about Jainism?</p>
<p>Not hurting fellow spirits. But others have valid arguments for the “not bringing harm to oneself” choice, and they’re probably right.</p>
<p>^ About Jainism? Because I think I put not hurting fellow spirits or something about purity</p>
<p>I said the answer was the one about personal spiritual progression or whatever… It was B.</p>