WorksheetsPHILOSOPHY 101 ETHICS Midterm Long Examination
Total questions: 70
Worksheet time: 23mins
Your parents want you to follow a family tradition of choosing a certain college course, but you want to pursue another. What ethical issue is present?
Relativism
Obedience
Autonomy
Loyalty
During a group project, one member insists on doing things based on their cultural way, which clashes with the rest. What should the group aim for?
Avoidance
Dialogue
Competition
Authority
A student refuses to attend a class ritual because it conflicts with their personal beliefs. This shows tension between:
Culture and ethics
Rules and laws
Study and leisure
Religion and science
Your parents prefer a staycation during vacation, while you want to join your friends on a trip. This is similar to:
Family relativism
Cultural diversity
Value conflict
Authority clash
When classmates debate whether cheating is wrong even if “everyone does it,” the issue highlights:
Tradition
Relativism
Obedience
Unity
A professor asks students to accept diverse views on an ethical issue. This promotes:
Uniformity
Blind acceptance
Cultural appreciation
Silence
A student is pressured by peers to join an initiation rite, but he feels it is unsafe. The ethical conflict involves:
Autonomy vs conformity
Law vs freedom
Culture vs economy
Family vs peers
In a debate on same-sex marriage, some students use religious arguments while others use legal rights. The conflict shows:
Pluralism
Obedience
Equality
Bias
Your parents insist you follow their curfew, but you argue college demands more freedom. This reflects:
Ethical reasoning
Obedience to law
Cultural relativism
Moral sensitivity
A student reports cyberbullying happening in their class group chat. This act demonstrates:
Moral education
Silence
Neutrality
Moral education
Two classmates argue whether social media is more harmful or helpful. Their disagreement is an example of:
Cultural conflict
Autonomy
Moral sensitivity
Ethical dialogue
If students ignore cheating because it’s “part of culture,” what danger are they facing?
Relativism
Justice
Autonomy
Respect
A group of friends cannot agree on where to eat because of different food preferences. The best ethical action is:
Leave the group
Let the eldest decide
Ignore choices
Respect differences
Your professor reminds the class to think critically before sharing online posts. This promotes:
Silence
Peer pressure
Blind faith
Moral sensitivity
When you disagree with your parent’s view on your major but still respect them, you are practicing:
Authority
Dialogue
Silence
Conflict
A student accepts classmates’ differing religious practices without forcing their own. This is:
Conflict
Autonomy
Cultural appreciation
Obedience
When students only memorize right vs wrong without context, what’s missing?
Respect
Authority
Conformity
Critical aptitude
A family disagrees on whether to spend vacation in Baguio, a beach, or at home. This mirrors:
Ethical sensitivity
Relativism dilemma
Moral education
Cultural appreciation
When a student weighs personal happiness against family expectations, this involves:
Relativism
Respect
Loyalty
Autonomy
If one culture believes cremation is respectful, while another believes it is offensive, this is an example of:
Autonomy
Obedience
Ethical relativism
Dialogue
In class discussions on ethics, why is it important to consider other cultures?
To avoid conflict
To copy traditions
To widen perspective
To memorize facts
A student resists copying homework despite peers saying it’s “normal.” What does this show?
Loyalty
Relativism
Blind conformity
When parents and children argue about weekend activities, what ethical skill is most helpful?
Force
Authority
Silence
Dialogue
Why can cultural diversity sometimes cause difficulty in decision-making?
Respect is automatic
Authority decides
Norms may conflict
Traditions vanish
If classmates accept all cultural practices without critique, what risk emerges?
Respect
Unity
Relativism
Loyalty
When a farmer thinks differently from a teacher, MacIntyre would say this is because of:
relativism
Lack of education
Different morality
Norms of community
If students learn ethics only through memorization, MacIntyre warns it leads to:
Fragile agreement
Respect
Relativism
Dialogue
If one culture values individual rights above all, while another values community unity, what arises?
Ethical tension
Authority
Silence
Obedience
Your professor emphasizes that culture shapes your values and decisions. What does this imply?
Identity is tied to culture
Rules are absolute
Ethics is fixed
Culture is irrelevant
When classmates argue about the morality of online games, their views reflect:
Loyalty
Authority
Silence
Cultural diversity
If students treat diversity as a problem, what do they fail to see?
Authority
Obedience
Opportunity for growth
Silence
A student values individual success while classmates value group harmony. What conflict is present?
Individual vs community values
Loyalty vs respect
Obedience vs authority
Silence vs dialogue
If cultural norms always dominate decision-making, what problem arises?
Authority
Conflicting standards
Silence
Loyalty
A family debate on vacation plans resembles ethical conflicts because:
Silence is needed
Rules are clear
Value differ
Authority prevails
If students stop questioning unfair traditions, the danger is:
Autonomy
Dialogue
Respect
Blind conformity
Which best captures the chapter’s claim about science and ethics? Analogy: Choosing study methods (what works) vs choosing what’s fair.
Science always outranks ethics
Science and ethics are separate but linked
Ethics should direct every experiment
Science is immune to values
Frankenstein in the chapter is used to illustrate: Analogy: Copying answers and regretting it later.
Science as purely beneficial
How to make experiments safe and manageable
Scientist remorse over unchecked pursuit
Ethics replacing science is a nice idea of argument
Scientism is defined as: Analogy: Thinking only grades matter, nothing else does.
A science technique
Opposition to science make sense to every human.
A medical procedure that are relevant sometimes
Philosophy that treats science as sole truth
Why did opponents object to some stem cell research? Analogy: Throwing away a class project that might have potential.
Because it is too costly
Because it involves destruction of embryos
Because it never works
Because it is untestable in the future
The chapter’s use of Oppenheimer emphasizes: Analogy: Feeling guilty after doing harm even if initially justified.
That scientists are always politicians
Science prevents war as much as possible to avoid happiness
Scientists should control governments
Scientist’s regret about harmful applications
According to the chapter, a value-free science means: Analogy: Studying only to pass without regard to learning.
Science follows only its internal standards
Science has no values at all
Ethics controls science
Science is moral by default
Stem cell uses beyond curing (e.g., aesthetics) raise which issue? Analogy: Using extra-curricular resources only for status.
Legal liability only
Ethical misuse of medical tech
Better outcomes for all
Lower costs for treatment to all
Einstein’s quoted concern suggests: Analogy: Stopping fights rather than preparing for them.
War can be ended by better weapons
Technology is morally neutral always
Abolishing war is the only real solution
Scientists should build more arms
The blastocyst is described as: Analogy: A seed that could become a plant.
A type of stem cell
A 180–200 cell early embryo
Fully developed fetus
An adult cell type
Which best reflects the chapter’s stance on regulating science? Analogy: Classroom rules that keep projects safe.
No rules should exist
Ethics and regulation are necessary
Scientists must ignore lawmakers
Regulation halts all progress
A plausible ethical worry about cloning for stem cells is: Analogy: Copying classmates’ work repeatedly.
Treating human material as commodity
Cost only
Reduced effectiveness
Easier regulation for a plausible ethical worry
What tension does the chapter highlight? Analogy: Wanting top grades vs keeping friendships.
Ethics is always stronger than science
Science’s progress can threaten human values
Science and ethics are the same thing
Ethics must be abolished for progress
Which example is used to illustrate ethical costs of science? Analogy: Winning a competition by cheating.
Pasteur’s vaccines
Atomic bomb development
Making the internet
Vaccinating children
The chapter suggests ethicists and scientists should: Analogy: Work on a group project with clear roles.
Merge into one profession
Avoid each other’s work so to avoid conflict
Communicate and respect each field
Leave ethics to politicians because they know it.
What role does “humane commitment” play in science? Analogy: Choosing group fairness over individual win.
It’s optional for scientists
It prevents science entirely
It grounds science’s relevance and integrity
It is unrelated to results for humane commitment
“Value-free science” critics would argue: Analogy: Ignoring class rules because you’re smart.
It ignores social consequences
It is the only honest approach
It always yields better outcomes
It equals ethics-free practice
Which is a therapeutic promise of stem cells mentioned? Analogy: Repairing a broken gadget with spare parts.
Curing headaches
Instant weight loss for all heavyweights
Treating Parkinson’s disease
Faster reflexes because of taking vitamin B complex
When the chapter says science should be “encouraged,” it also says: Analogy: Letting lab time happen but with safety rules.
Without any oversight
Only for rich nations
With adherence to ethical norms
Only by private labs
Critics who equate embryos to persons argue primarily from: Analogy: Treating a saved project as fully yours already.
Scientific evidence
Moral status of early human life
Economic costs
Religious texts only
The chapter claims scientism leads to: Analogy: Believing test scores are the only measure of worth.
Balanced decision-making for every human
Stronger ethical oversight is important
Better humanities research so to improve more
Marginalizing non-scientific values
Which best describes stem cell grafting as explained? Analogy: Planting a cutting to replace a rotten branch.
Replacing diseased tissue with stem cells
Removing organs permanently so to avoid cancer cells
Making clones of people so that cancer will not come back
A vaccination technique is important to every human
The chapter’s view of scientists who avoid ethics entirely is that they: Analogy: Doing a lab report but skipping conclusions.
Are always right in many ways
Risk producing harmful outcomes
Will win public trust
Should replace ethicists rather than physicist
Which best reflects the “instrumental function” of science? Analogy: A tool used to build a project.
Science as human good’s sole aim
Science as an artistic pursuit
Science as a means to human welfare
Science as purely theoretical
The chapter suggests ethical debate around stem cells will: Analogy: A long group discussion about fairness.
Continue with no quick resolution
End soon with a single answer
Be decided by scientists alone
Be irrelevant to policy
Which is NOT a reason some choose stem cell therapy (per chapter)? Analogy: Choosing extra credit only for reputation.
Therapeutic cure
Aesthetic improvement
Anti-aging
Religious edification
The chapter implies who should care about ethics in science? Analogy: Everyone in a dorm must follow fire rules.
Only philosophers
Scientists, users, and society
Only politicians
Only religious leaders
According to the chapter, what can happen when ethics is ignored? Analogy: Skipping proofreading leads to embarrassing mistakes.
Faster innovation only
Clearer scientific results
Harm to humanity and loss of integrity
Greater public support
The phrase “playing God” in the chapter refers to: Analogy: Changing others’ schedules without consent.
Being religious
Taking powers over life creation
Only theological acts are considered true
Scientific method as powerful
How does the chapter portray “value” in science? Analogy: Rubrics that grade projects vs personal motives.
Science has internal values but needs broader values too
Science is value-neutral always
Values are irrelevant to labs
Values are only political
The chapter’s main recommendation is: Analogy: Study hard but don’t cheat.
Stop all scientific research
Let science operate unchecked
Outsource ethics to corporations
Pursue science responsibly with ethics
Which is an immediate ethical question about stem cell clinics? Analogy: Tutors charging high fees for easy answers.
Clinic logos design
Weather on treatment days or weeks
Who can access expensive treatment
Clinic interior color is dominant
The chapter says the destruction of a blastocyst is considered by some as: Analogy: Throwing away an unfinished group project.
Equivalent to taking an innocent life
A harmless step
Economically beneficial
Scientifically impossible
Which historical figure in the chapter expressed remorse? Analogy: Feeling bad after skipping a critical class.
Mary Shelley
Julius Oppenheimer
Albert Einstein
Mikael Stenmark
What does the chapter suggest about science as an “end in itself”? Analogy: Studying only for praise, not learning.
It’s the ideal model for everyone
It’s scientism and problematic
It guarantees safety
It’s required for progress
Which best describes proponents’ rebuttal about stem cell sourcing? Analogy: Showing an alternate route to get to school.
Stem cells can only come from embryos
Stem cells can be obtained without destroying embryos
There are no rebuttals to this because no one dare it.
Stem cells aren’t useful at all because it will harm mankind
