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Meta Ethics - key terms and naturalism p 1-11

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the prefix "meta" mean?

a)

"The nature of"/"What it is"

b)

"Change/changing"

c)

"The shape of"

2.

What's moral realism?

a)

The belief that morals are expressions of emotion.

b)

The belief that morals are contrary to nature.

c)

The belief that morals aren't "natural".

d)

The belief that moral terms refer to something mind independent and objective

3.

What's moral anti-realism?

a)

The belief that morals are expressions of emotion.

b)

The belief that morals are contrary to nature.

c)

The belief that morals aren't real or objective.

d)

The belief that morals are real and objective

4.

Cognitivism claims...

a)

...that moral language expresses propositions which can be known.

b)

... that moral language doesn't express beliefs, but some other state.

c)

... that moral language is motivating.

d)

...that moral properties are mind-independent.

5.

Non-cognitivism claims...

a)

...that moral language expresses beliefs.

b)

...that moral language doesn't express beliefs, but some other state.

c)

...that moral language is motivating.

6.

What is moral naturalism?

a)

The idea that moral terms are mind-independent, natural facts.

b)

The idea that moral terms are mind-independent,non-natural facts.

c)

The idea that moral terms are mind-dependent.

d)

The idea that moral terms are expressions of emotion.

7.

For Bentham, 'right' is reducible to...

a)

pain

b)

pleasure

c)

the majority

d)

preferences

8.

Finish Mill's quote: we have not only all the proof which that case admits or, but all which it is possible to require, that...

a)

happiness is good

b)

that people desire happiness

c)

that Utilitarianism is correct

d)

that higher pleasures are more valuable

9.

What, according to Aristotle, is humanity's greatest natural quality?

a)

happiness

b)

rationality

c)

courage

d)

cleverness

10.

What two qualities does naturalism have?

a)

realist, non-cognitivist

b)

anti-realist, cognitivist

c)

realist, cognitivist

d)

anti-realist, non-cognitivist

11.

The main consequentialist intuitionist

a)

Gregory Edward Moore

b)

George Edward Moore

c)

Graham Edward Moore

d)

Grant Edward Moore

12.

Complete Moore's quote: when I call such propositions Intuitions, I mean merely to assert that they are incapable of ..........; I imply nothing whatever as to the manner or ........ of our cognition of them. YOU NEED TO CHOOSE TWO ANSWERS

a)

Proof

b)

verification

c)

source

d)

origin

13.

What does Moore compare 'good' to, to prove it is a simple, unanalysable propoerty?

a)

love

b)

sadness

c)

yellow

d)

pain

14.

According to Pritchard, 'obligatoriness' is only known through...

a)

intuition

b)

reason

c)

logic

d)

happiness

15.

What analogy did Mill use in his 'proof' that happiness = goodness

a)

hearing

b)

sight

c)

touch

d)

taste

16.

Which fallacy occurs when we use a term with more than one meaning in a misleading way?

a)

the fallacy of composition

b)

the naturalistic fallacy

c)

the fallacy of quivocation

d)

the linguistic fallacy

17.

Which fallacy occurs when assume that just because each individual desires something, that we will desire that thing for each other?

a)

the fallacy of composition

b)

the naturalistic fallacy

c)

the fallacy of quivocation

d)

the linguistic fallacy

18.

In which book do we find Hobbes' social contract theory?

a)

Nichomachean

b)

Leviathan

c)

Metaphysics

d)

The greater good

19.
How did Hobbes sum up people's quality of life in a state of nature?
a)
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
b)
poor, nasty, brutish, and short
c)
fulfilling, long-lived, philosophical, and introspective
d)
scared, hungry, lonely, and cold
20.
According to Hobbes, people agreed to give up some __________________ in exchange for __________________ as part of the social contract.
a)
rights and power / protection
b)
food and shelter / weapons
c)
security and protection / freedom
d)
money / goods and services
21.
In Hobbes's view of the social contract, people retained the right to question, overthrow, or replace their government.
a)
True
b)
False
22.

During the 1800s, the writings of Marx, Engels, and Dickens focused attention on the problems faced by

a)

factory owners

b)

investment bankers

c)

farm laborers

d)

industrial workers

23.

For Karl Marx, what sits at the base of society?

a)

Religoin

b)

Politics

c)

Education

d)

Economy

24.

For Karl Marx, God...

a)

Creates the rules we should all follow

b)

Is used as a vehicle for the powerful to control the workers

25.

What did Karl Marx call things such as the media, religion, education and culture?

a)

Ideology

b)

Control measures

c)

Expressive desires

d)

Objective entities