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Ethics Module 2 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a moral issue?

a)

A situation that calls for moral valuation

b)

A situation that calls for medical attention

c)

A situation that calls for financial decision

d)

A situation that calls for legal action

2.

What is moral judgment?

a)

When one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform

b)

When a person is an observer who makes an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone

c)

When one is torn between choosing one of two goods or choosing between the lesser of two evils

d)

When one is interested in questions about ethical behavior

3.

What is cultural relativism?

a)

The belief that what is ethically acceptable or unacceptable is relative to one's culture

b)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

c)

The theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

d)

The idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things

4.

What is psychological egoism?

a)

A theory that describes the underlying basis for how one acts

b)

The theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

c)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

d)

The idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things

5.

What is the authority of the law?

a)

A wide diversity of how different people believe it is proper to act

b)

A system of thought or of ideas

c)

A guide to ethical behavior

d)

A higher authority that commands our obedience

6.

What is ethical egoism?

a)

The theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

b)

The prescription that we should make our own interests as the single overriding concern

c)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

d)

The idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things

7.

What is the study of ethics interested in?

a)

Questions about financial decision

b)

Questions about medical attention

c)

Questions about legal action

d)

Questions about ethical behavior

8.

What is divine command theory?

a)

The prescription that we should make our own interests as the single overriding concern

b)

The theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

c)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

d)

The idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things

9.

What is subjectivism?

a)

The idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things

b)

The prescription that we should make our own interests as the single overriding concern

c)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

d)

The theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

10.

What is positive law?

a)

A guide to ethical behavior

b)

Different rules and regulations that require compliance

c)

A wide diversity of how different people believe it is proper to act

d)

A higher authority that commands our obedience

11.

What is moral dilemma?

a)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

b)

Going beyond the matter of choosing right over wrong, or good over bad

c)

When one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform

d)

A situation that calls for moral valuation

12.

What is cultural relativism?

a)

The idea that one is obliged to obey her God in all things

b)

The recognition that the individual thinking person is at the heart of all moral valuations

c)

The belief that what is ethically acceptable or unacceptable is relative to one's culture

d)

The theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions

13.

What is moral decision?

a)

Going beyond the matter of choosing right over wrong, or good over bad

b)

When one is placed in a situation and confronted by the choice of what act to perform

c)

When a person is an observer who makes an assessment on the actions or behavior of someone

d)

A situation that calls for moral valuation

14.

What is the authority of one's own culture?

a)

A higher authority that commands our obedience

b)

A wide diversity of how different people believe it is proper to act

c)

A guide to ethical behavior

d)

A system of thought or of ideas

15.

What is moral theory?

a)

A higher authority that commands our obedience

b)

A wide diversity of how different people believe it is proper to act

c)

A systematic attempt to establish the validity of maintaining certain moral principles

d)

A guide to ethical behavior