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Ethics - Unit One

Total questions: 41

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Virtue Ethics

a)

Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being

b)

Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason

c)

Maximizing pleasure while minimizing pain

d)

Character based ethics. Being rather than doing

2.

Moral Relativism

a)

Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason

b)

Morality is determined by one's self interest

c)

Morality is subjective in nature

d)

Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being

3.

Utilitarianism

a)

Maximizing pleasure while minimizing pain

b)

Ethical actions are commanded by the divine

c)

Morality is subjective in nature

d)

Character based ethics

4.

Ethical Egoism

a)

Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason

b)

Morality is determined by one's self interest

c)

Morality is subjective in nature

d)

Character based ethics

5.

Ethical Rationalism

a)

Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being

b)

Morality is determined by one's self interest

c)

Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason

d)

Morality is subjective in nature

6.

Divine Command Theory

a)

People live together in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior

b)

God created the world according to natural laws

c)

Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being

d)

Who you become rather than what you should do

7.

Natural Law Theory

a)

God created the world according to natural laws

b)

Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being

c)

Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason

d)

Morality is determined by one's self interest

8.

Social Contract Theory

a)

People live together in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior

b)

Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason

c)

Focuses on being rather than doing. Who you become rather than what you should do

d)

a contract that states how you must act ethically and morally within a workplace

9.

The process of determining or discovering right and wrong

a)

Anthropology

b)

Ethics

c)

Morality

d)

Metaphysics

10.

Refers to the end result of ethics

a)

Ethics

b)

Morality

c)

Metaethics

d)

Anthropology

11.

When talking about metaphysics, what question are we dealing with?

a)

What is the nature of man?

b)

Does morality even matter?

c)

What is real?

d)

How can we know?

12.

A discipline that tries to describe the morals of a particular society

a)

Human Ethics

b)

Descriptive Ethics

c)

Metaethics

d)

Normative Ethics

13.

With anthropology, what question does it consider?

a)

What is the nature of man?

b)

What is real?

c)

What are the consequences?

d)

How can we know?

14.

Discipline that produces moral norms (rules)

a)

Metaethics

b)

Descriptive Ethics

c)

Normative Ethics

d)

Government Ethics

15.

Focus on the meaning of major terms used in ethics

a)

Metaethics

b)

Descriptive Ethics

c)

Normative Ethics

d)

None of the above

16.

With epistemology, what question does it consider?

a)

What is morality in the Bible?

b)

What is real?

c)

How can we know?

d)

What is the nature of man?

17.

Which is not one of the four considerations for ethical systems?

a)

Motive

b)

Action

c)

Morals

d)

Character

18.

Actions are inherently right or wrong

a)

Relativist

b)

Philosophy

c)

Deontological

d)

Teleological

19.

Morals are relative to one's culture and personal preference

a)

All of these choices

b)

Deontological

c)

Teleological

d)

Relativist

20.

Morality is based on consequences of an action

a)

Teleological

b)

Deontological

c)

Relativist

d)

Utilitarianist

21.

Which of the following is NOT a deontological ethical system?

a)

Divine Command Thoery

b)

Natural Law Theory

c)

Ethical Rationalism

d)

Ethical Egoism

22.

Which philosopher believed in a hedonistic form of utilitarianism?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

Thomas Hobbes

23.

What are the two forms of utilitarianism?

(a)  

24.

What are the two forms of utilitarianism?

a)

Act and Rule

b)

Rule and Religion

c)

Act and Reasoning

d)

Rule and Self-Interest

25.

Who is the founding father of ethical rationalism?

a)

Jeremy Bentham

b)

Thomas Hobbes

c)

Immanuel Kant

d)

John Stuart Mill

26.

Who is the founding father of ethical egoism?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Jeremy Bentham

c)

John Stuart Mill

d)

Thomas Hobbes

27.

What is a categorical imperative?

a)

Moral options

b)

rule of conduct for the greatest happiness for the greatest number

c)

Moral obligations

d)

a rule of conduct for an individual, but only when something is desired

28.

Which of these philosophers is a founding father of virtue ethics?

a)

Immanuel Kant

b)

Aristotle

c)

Thomas Hobbes

d)

Jeremy Bentham

29.

Aristotle believed that virtuous character was between two vices. This theory is called what?

a)

The Golden Mean

b)

Aristotle's Virtuous Means

c)

The Moral Mean

d)

The Middle Ground

30.

Cognitive ethical systems render judgements about the truth-value of ethical statements

a)

True

b)

False

31.

The moral relativist believes that morality is not absolute and changes with culture

a)

True

b)

False

32.

Immanuel Kant believed that you should always treat someone as a mere means and not just an end

a)

True

b)

False

33.

The workplace is not really an ethical minefield

a)

True

b)

False

34.

As we consider the relationship between morality and the law, we see that the law serves as the moral maximum

a)

True

b)

False

35.

Christians tend to be more deontologically oriented

a)

True

b)

False

36.

Immanuel Kant believed that you should act according to the maxim that you would desire to become a universal law

a)

True

b)

False

37.

Pragmatism

a)
Pragmatism is a method of scientific inquiry.
b)
Pragmatism focuses solely on abstract theories.
c)
Pragmatism denies the importance of practical outcomes.
d)

Pragmatism assesses the truth of beliefs based on their practical consequences.

38.

Moral Realism

a)
Moral realism is the belief in objective moral facts.
b)
Moral realism suggests morals are culturally constructed.
c)
Moral realism denies the existence of moral truths.
d)
Moral realism is a subjective interpretation of ethics.
39.

Moral Absolutism

a)
Moral absolutism advocates for subjective moral views.
b)
Moral absolutism is the rejection of universal ethics.
c)

Moral absolutism is the belief in an absolute truth about morality

d)
Moral absolutism denies the existence of any moral truths.
40.

Descriptive Cultural Relativism

a)

Descriptive Cultural Relativism is the perspective that people's beliefs differ from culture to culture

b)
Descriptive Cultural Relativism promotes the superiority of one culture over others.
c)
Descriptive Cultural Relativism denies the existence of cultural differences.
d)
Descriptive Cultural Relativism advocates for universal moral standards.
41.

Normative Cultural Relativism

a)

Normative Cultural Relativism asserts that moral facts differ from culture to culture

b)
Normative Cultural Relativism claims that all cultures are morally superior.
c)
Normative Cultural Relativism promotes a single cultural standard for ethics.
d)
Normative Cultural Relativism denies the existence of universal morals.