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WorksheetsEthical Thought
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Which of the following defines non-cognitive thinking in ethics?
A theory dependent on personal view points.
Judgments that are not true or false because they express emotions.
It defines the words good and bad.
It questions whether an action is right or wrong.
The definition of Naturalism is
An expression of feelings to stimulate action
A universal set of feelings
We intuitively now how to act.
We can prove morals using empirical evidence from the natural world.
Empirical evidence is based on
What we can see, hear, touch etc
What we can read about
What The Bible tells us to do
The work of David Hume
The philosopher most associated with Naturalist ethics is
David Hume
Immanuel Kant
Thomas Aquinas
F H Bradley
Who wrote the Naturalistic Fallacy?
David Hume
F H Bradley
G E Moore
A J Ayer
The Ethical Theory that says we use our 'gut reaction' is called
Emotivism
Prescriptivism
Naturalism
Intuitionism
The philosopher who put forward the idea of intuitionism was
George Moore
F H Bradley
Jeremy Bentham
David Hume
Who said our intuition comes from our "unreflective consciousness"?
G E Moore
H A Prichard
F H Bradley
T S Elliot
Who said "The only real valuable thing is intuition"?
F H Bradley
G E Moore
Albert Einstein
Sir Isaac Newton
A J Ayer put forward what theory?
Hurrah - Boo
Boo Boo
Boo-Hurrah
Hurrah for chocolate!
What is Emotivism?
A theory where the idea is nonsense.
The idea that the meaning of ethical language is not knowable as its use is only an expression of emotion.
A theory where truth must be discovered by sense perception.
A theory which states that we are far too emotional.
Which of the following is a strength of emotivism?
Emotivism belittles our ability to reason.
Emotions can unite people in a common moral bond, but can also isolate groups and individuals.
Even when moral statements are carried by a weight of public emotion, that does not provide reason for them to be adopted, nor does it make them right.
The importance of each individual’s moral feelings is stressed.
Which of the following is a weakness of emotivism?
History reveals many examples of emotivist methods of expressing moral views, even if they are not verifiable, for example Hitler’s condemnation of the Jewish people.
"You cannot reduce morality to a set of cheers and boos."
It acknowledges and in some way values the existence of moral diversity.
It is culturally aware - arranged marriage, for example, could be good or bad depending on the stance of different cultures.
Which of the following statements come from A J Ayer?
We begin by admitting that the fundamental ethical concepts are unanalysable, inasmuch as there is no criterion by which one can test the validity of the judgements in which they occur.
Emotivism is a misconceived theory of ethics.
Emotivism is a mere shouting match of emotions
There is a lot more to a moral statement then simply a feeling
