Ethics - Year 11 Mr Chalker

Which statement best defines “ethics”?

• Ethics is the ability to tell the difference in right and wrong behavior.

• Ethics is trying to judge people by what they believe and do.

• Ethics is a society’s standards of conduct based on moral values and principles of its members.

• Characteristics that bring people praise and admiration.

What is meant by morality?

• The extent to which an action is right or wrong

• The study of the existence of God

• A way of grouping people according to their family origin

• I don't know

What is the teaching in the Sermon on the Mount: “Do unto others what you would have them do to you" also known as?

• The Golden Rule

• Ecumenism

• Theodicy

• Stewardship

Who created Act Utilitarianism?

• Jeremy Bentham

• John Stuart Mill

• Karl Popper

• Peter Singer

Utilitarianism says that the right thing to do is the thing that brings...

• money

• the greatest good for you

• fairness

• the greatest good for the greatest number

consequences are...

• to do with flourishing

• the result of an action

• too little of something

• to do with the development of your character

What does utilitarianism focus on?

• Having fun

• Being useful

• The consequences of actions

• The motivations for actions

Who was Aristotle?

• An influential German philosopher who developed the idea of Deontology

• A British thinker who developed the idea of Utilitarianism and ordered his head to be mummified after his death

• A Greek philosopher who taught Alexander the Great and founded a school in Athens

• A British philosopher who survived the English Civil War and developed the idea of the Social Contract

What is Virtue Ethics?

• The ethical theory that someone is morally good if he/she has a virtuous character

• The ethical theory that the best choice in any situation is the one that will produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people

• The ethical theory that actions are good or bad according to a clear set of rules

• The ethical theory that society is based on an agreement that gives certain rights to all people and sees everyone transfer some rights to one person (who uses those rights to uphold justice)

How is character developed, according to Aristotle?

• When a person follows the rules

• When a person calculates all the possible consequences of an action and makes a decision based on the best outcome

• When a person makes virtues into habits