TOK DP 1 1st Term

Which term do we use to describe knowledge that has been established beyond any reasonable doubt?

• Evidence

• Certainty

• Absolute certainty

• Truth

??????? is the ability to observe, to interpret, to analyse and to report such that we have not shaped our processes or our findings by our personal wishes

Which normative ethics is based on individual beliefs and preferences? 

• Moral Relativism

• Deontology

• Utilitarianism

• Virtue Ethics

Which of the twelve key concepts includes arts, religion, ceremonies, and mores of any given society?

• Values

• Power

• Culture

• Language

For utilitarianism, the principle of utility, or Greatest happiness principle, states that an action is right if...

• it produces the greatest happiness for competent judges

• it produces the greatest happiness for the greatest number

• it produces the greatest happiness for humans, animals and all the different ecosystems at the same time

• It produces happiness in the most efficient way, depending on the intentions of the ethical decision-maker

The fact or claim that someone offers in support of another claim is known as:

• Justification

• Argument

• Evidence

• Truth

What is called for when we have a set of facts and want to figure out what conclusions we can draw from the whole set together?

• Justification

• Explanation

• Interpretation

• Perspective

The concept we use to describe the particular viewpoint from which an individual takes information and decides what is important or what something means is called

What is morality?

• Deciding between right and wrong

• Always knowing how to choose right

• The justification for what makes something right or wrong and that lets us know so

• A strictly personal understanding of right and wrong

Define the ethical approach: "what is ethical is what develops moral virtues in ourselves and in our communities"

• Deontology

• Virtue ethics

• Utilitarianism

• Human Rights Approach