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Ethics - Year 11 Mr Chalker

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which statement best defines “ethics”?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

Characteristics that bring people praise and admiration.

2.

What is meant by morality?

a)

The extent to which an action is right or wrong

b)

The study of the existence of God

c)

A way of grouping people according to their family origin

d)

I don't know

3.

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

a)

The Golden Rule

b)

Ecumenism

c)

Theodicy

d)

Stewardship

4.

Who created Act Utilitarianism?

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

John Stuart Mill

c)

Karl Popper

d)

Peter Singer

5.

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

a)

money

b)

the greatest good for you

c)

fairness

d)

the greatest good for the greatest number

6.

consequences are...

a)

to do with flourishing

b)

the result of an action

c)

too little of something

d)

to do with the development of your character

7.

What does utilitarianism focus on?

a)

Having fun

b)

Being useful

c)

The consequences of actions

d)

The motivations for actions

8.

Who was Aristotle?

a)

An influential German philosopher who developed the idea of Deontology

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

9.

What is Virtue Ethics?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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)

10.

How is character developed, according to Aristotle?

a)

When a person follows the rules

b)

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

c)

When a person makes virtues into habits

11.

Who was Immanuel Kant?

a)

An influential German philosopher who developed the idea of Deontology

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

12.

What is Deontology?

a)

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

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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)

13.

What is the Categorical Imperative?

a)

The idea that an action is mandatory for everyone in every context ("You should do X no matter what")

b)

The idea that an action is mandatory only in specific contexts ("You should do X if you want Y")

c)

The idea that no actions are truly mandatory

14.

Who was Jeremy Bentham?

a)

An influential German philosopher who developed the idea of Deontology

b)

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

c)

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

d)

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

15.

What is the key idea of Utilitarianism?

a)

Good people

b)

Good rules for living

c)

Good outcomes

d)

Good use of rights

16.

What is the key idea of Deontology?

a)

Good people

b)

Good rules for living

c)

Good outcomes

d)

Good use of rights

17.

What is the key idea of Virtue Ethics?

a)

Good people

b)

Good rules for living

c)

Good outcomes

d)

Good use of rights

18.

Which of these is NOT one of Aristotle's virtues?

a)

Justice

b)

Fame

c)

Modesty

d)

Pride

19.

What does ‘pragmatism’ mean?

a)

Agapeic love

b)

Practicality; the action chosen to be practically applicable.

c)

Primary considering the individual rather than any rules.

d)

Ethics which look at the end result in order to determine the morality of an action.

20.

What might a follower of Situation Ethics think about a law that completely banned Euthanasia?

a)

Wrong

b)

Right

c)

Right in some circumstances

21.

What are teleological ethics?

a)

Primary considering the individual rather than any rules.

b)

Practicality; the action chosen to be practically applicable.

c)

Ethics which look at the end result in order to determine the morality of an action.

d)

Agapeic love

22.

According to Joseph Fletcher, what is the only thing that is intrinsically good?

a)

Love distribution

b)

Being without and opposed to having rules or laws.

c)

Conscience

d)

The Love of God

23.

What does Joseph Fletcher say that justice consists of?

a)

Conscience

b)

Pragmatism

c)

Love distribution

d)

Personalism