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WorksheetsEthics - Unit One
Total questions: 41
Worksheet time: 21mins
Virtue Ethics
Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being
Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason
Maximizing pleasure while minimizing pain
Character based ethics. Being rather than doing
Moral Relativism
Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason
Morality is determined by one's self interest
Morality is subjective in nature
Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being
Utilitarianism
Maximizing pleasure while minimizing pain
Ethical actions are commanded by the divine
Morality is subjective in nature
Character based ethics
Ethical Egoism
Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason
Morality is determined by one's self interest
Morality is subjective in nature
Character based ethics
Ethical Rationalism
Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being
Morality is determined by one's self interest
Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason
Morality is subjective in nature
Divine Command Theory
People live together in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior
God created the world according to natural laws
Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being
Who you become rather than what you should do
Natural Law Theory
God created the world according to natural laws
Ethical actions are commanded by a divine being
Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason
Morality is determined by one's self interest
Social Contract Theory
People live together in accordance with an agreement that establishes moral and political rules of behavior
Morality is determined by putting an emphasis on reason
Focuses on being rather than doing. Who you become rather than what you should do
a contract that states how you must act ethically and morally within a workplace
The process of determining or discovering right and wrong
Anthropology
Ethics
Morality
Metaphysics
Refers to the end result of ethics
Ethics
Morality
Metaethics
Anthropology
When talking about metaphysics, what question are we dealing with?
What is the nature of man?
Does morality even matter?
What is real?
How can we know?
A discipline that tries to describe the morals of a particular society
Human Ethics
Descriptive Ethics
Metaethics
Normative Ethics
With anthropology, what question does it consider?
What is the nature of man?
What is real?
What are the consequences?
How can we know?
Discipline that produces moral norms (rules)
Metaethics
Descriptive Ethics
Normative Ethics
Government Ethics
Focus on the meaning of major terms used in ethics
Metaethics
Descriptive Ethics
Normative Ethics
None of the above
With epistemology, what question does it consider?
What is morality in the Bible?
What is real?
How can we know?
What is the nature of man?
Which is not one of the four considerations for ethical systems?
Motive
Action
Morals
Character
Actions are inherently right or wrong
Relativist
Philosophy
Deontological
Teleological
Morals are relative to one's culture and personal preference
All of these choices
Deontological
Teleological
Relativist
Morality is based on consequences of an action
Teleological
Deontological
Relativist
Utilitarianist
Which of the following is NOT a deontological ethical system?
Divine Command Thoery
Natural Law Theory
Ethical Rationalism
Ethical Egoism
Which philosopher believed in a hedonistic form of utilitarianism?
Immanuel Kant
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
Thomas Hobbes
What are the two forms of utilitarianism?
(a)
What are the two forms of utilitarianism?
Act and Rule
Rule and Religion
Act and Reasoning
Rule and Self-Interest
Who is the founding father of ethical rationalism?
Jeremy Bentham
Thomas Hobbes
Immanuel Kant
John Stuart Mill
Who is the founding father of ethical egoism?
Immanuel Kant
Jeremy Bentham
John Stuart Mill
Thomas Hobbes
What is a categorical imperative?
Moral options
rule of conduct for the greatest happiness for the greatest number
Moral obligations
a rule of conduct for an individual, but only when something is desired
Which of these philosophers is a founding father of virtue ethics?
Immanuel Kant
Aristotle
Thomas Hobbes
Jeremy Bentham
Aristotle believed that virtuous character was between two vices. This theory is called what?
The Golden Mean
Aristotle's Virtuous Means
The Moral Mean
The Middle Ground
Cognitive ethical systems render judgements about the truth-value of ethical statements
True
False
The moral relativist believes that morality is not absolute and changes with culture
True
False
Immanuel Kant believed that you should always treat someone as a mere means and not just an end
True
False
The workplace is not really an ethical minefield
True
False
As we consider the relationship between morality and the law, we see that the law serves as the moral maximum
True
False
Christians tend to be more deontologically oriented
True
False
Immanuel Kant believed that you should act according to the maxim that you would desire to become a universal law
True
False
Pragmatism
Pragmatism assesses the truth of beliefs based on their practical consequences.
Moral Realism
Moral Absolutism
Moral absolutism is the belief in an absolute truth about morality
Descriptive Cultural Relativism
Descriptive Cultural Relativism is the perspective that people's beliefs differ from culture to culture
Normative Cultural Relativism
Normative Cultural Relativism asserts that moral facts differ from culture to culture
