WorksheetsOCR ethical thinkers AS
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
Who wrote the Summa Theologica
Kant
Aristotle
Aquinas
Descartes
Anselm
Which of these is not one of Aquinas' four tiers of law
Changing Law
Human Law
Natural Law
Divine Law
Eternal Law
Which of these is not one of the 5 primary precepts
Preservation of life
Ordering of society
Worship of God
Education of children
Right action
what is the key precept:
Do good, avoid (a)
Which are the four working principles?
Pragmatism
Relativism
Positivism
Personalism
Solipism
Who wrote "Situation Ethics the New Morality"
Fletcher
Flew
Smart
Hopkins
Reorder the following from most important to least important
Eternal Law
Divine
Natural Law
Human Law
What is conscience for Fletcher
a term to describe attempts to make decisions creatively
a term to describe right actions
a term to avoid evil
What is a hypothetical imperative
a command to act to achieve a desired result
a command to act that is good in itself regardless of consequences
What is the categorical imperative
a command to achieve a desired result
a command to act that is good in itself regardless of consequences
Who said we should treat people as a means in of themselves and not a means to an end
Hegel
Hume
Kant
Mill
Which are the 3 postulates?
Freedom
Immortality
Love
God
Transcendence
Which best describes the formula of the law of nature
a maxim can be established as a universal law
people are treated as ends in themselves and not means to an end
a society of rationality is established in which people treat each other as ends and not means
Which one of these thinkers is not a utilitarian
Bentham
Singer
Mill
Freud
which of these best describes act utilitarianism
Calculating the consequences of each situation on its own merits
Following accepted laws that lead to the greatest overall balance of good over evil or pleasure over pain
Who wrote "Utilitarianism"
Bentham
Mill
Singer
