WorksheetsEthics Theories
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 8mins
What makes someone a good person, according to the natural law theory?
Obeying God’s commands.
Obeying the laws of the land.
Doing whatever maximizes happiness.
Fulfilling his or her true nature.
Which of the following best describes the relationship between utilitarianism and consequentialism?
Utilitarianism is a form of consequentialism.
Consequentialism is a form of utilitarianism.
These are both independent ethical theories.
These are opposing ethical theories.
Which ethical theory was supported by Immanuel Kant?
Act utilitarianism
Duty-based ethics
Rights-based ethics
Virtue-based ethics
“One should be more concerned with what one does than with what kind of person one becomes” is a reflective of which theory?
Virtue ethics
Utilitarianism
Hedonism
Deontological ethics
Which of the following do most utilitarians believe determines the morality of actions?
The goodness of the intentions behind the action.
The expected consequences of the action.
The actual consequences of the action.
The sincerity of the person performing the action.
Which ethical theory was supported by Jeremy Bentham?
Act utilitarianism
Duty-based ethics
Rights-based ethics
Virtue-based ethics
Which of the following best represents John Stuart Mill's view of pleasure?
Pleasure is one of many things that are intrinsically valuable.
All pleasure is equally valuable for every person.
Some pleasures are “higher” than others and thus more valuable.
Pain, unlike pleasure, is more valuable to humans.
For Kant, an action is considered not only ethical but also praiseworthy if it is done
only in accordance with duty
with a measure of good will
through a motive of love
to cause the most pleasure possible
Which of these cardinal virtues is most important?
Temperance
Courage
Prudence
Justice
The statement “Individual actions are right when these conform to the moral code producing more overall good,” is reflective of:
Duty-based ethics
Act utilitarianism
Rule utilitarianism
Rights-based ethics
When human actions are motivated by their self-interests, the action is said to be based from:
Egoism
Relativism
Skepticism
Nihilism
When one looks into their own society for what should be done and should not be done, the position is from which perspective?
Objectivism
Egoism
Skepticism
Relativism
What is absolute morality (deontology)?
The idea that actions are either always right or always wrong.
The idea that whether an act is right or wrong depends upon the situation.
The idea that things are right or wrong according to the society you're in at the time.
What is consequentialism?
The idea that an act is right or wrong according to its outcome or result.
The idea that an act is right or wrong in itself.
The idea that an act is right or wrong according to how much it makes you a better person.
Which of these is the correct quote?
Love your neighbour.
Love yourself and others.
Love your neighbour before yourself.
Love your neighbour as you love yourself.
Broadly, what does the word "ethics" refer to?
Someone's concepts of "right" and "wrong".
Ideas about which actions should and/or should not be taken, based on someone's concepts of "right" and "wrong".
Laws governing what someone can and can't do.
How doctors and barristers should behave.
1. What does ‘personalism’ mean in Fletcher’s for working principles?
Primary considering the individual rather than any rules.
Ethics which look at the end result in order to determine the morality of an action.
Practicality; the action chosen to be practically applicable.
Agapeic love
What are teleological ethics?
Primary considering the individual rather than any rules.
Practicality; the action chosen to be practically applicable.
Ethics which look at the end result in order to determine the morality of an action.
Agapeic love
According to Fletcher, what is the only thing that is intrinsically good?
Love distribution
Being without and opposed to having rules or laws.
Conscience
Agapeic love
Does Fletcher agree that the morality of an action should be judged by its consequences?
Yes
No
What might a follower of Situation Ethics think about a law that completely banned Euthanasia?
Wrong
Right
Right in some circumstances
Which Christian Church predominantly uses Natural Law theory?
Catholic Church
Church of England
Methodist Church
I don't know
Which Greek philosopher influenced Aquinas?
Plato
Aristotle
Epicurus
I don't know
What is telos?
Purpose
Desire
Design
Providence
