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Philosophy Worksheet MCQs

Total questions: 150

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

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1.

The ancient Greek philosopher Pythagoras stated:

a)

All things are similar in number

b)

War is the father of everything and the mother of everything

c)

Know thyself

d)

I know that I don't know anything

e)

Everything flows, everything changes

2.

The ethical concept of Confucianism, identifying the positive qualities of a person:

a)

a noble person

b)

short man

c)

an official

d)

warlord

e)

statesman

3.

Representative of the Milesian school:

a)

Socrates

b)

Democritus

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Diogenes

e)

Thales

4.

Created the heliocentric system:

a)

Nicolaus Copernicus

b)

Giordano Bruno

c)

Nicholas of Cusa

d)

Galileo Galilei

e)

Tycho Brahe

5.

Recognition of the plurality of substance:

a)

monism

b)

Pluralism

c)

dualism

d)

Deism

e)

Rationalism

6.

The sphere of philosophical knowledge about human being:

a)

Anthropology

b)

epistemology

c)

axiology

d)

ontology

e)

logic

7.

An ancient philosopher who believed that the material world consists of atoms:

a)

Aristotle

b)

Pyrrho

c)

Zeno

d)

Democritus

e)

Heraclitus

8.

Author of the doctrine of the four truths:

a)

Siddhartha Gautama

b)

Confucius

c)

Patanjali

d)

Lao Tzu

e)

Mahavira

9.

Adam Bol - the principle first proclaimed:

a)

A. Baitursynov

b)

Sh. Kudaiberdiev

c)

Sh. Ualikhanov

d)

A. Bukeikhanov

e)

A. Kunanbaev

10.

Indicate the law of dialectics:

a)

the law of gravity

b)

Law of conservation of matter and energy

c)

the law of the excluded middle

d)

The law of unity and struggle of opposites

e)

Law of Sufficient Reason

11.

Mayeutics is:

a)

The ability to cleverly debate

b)

The art of having a conversation, an argument

c)

Socratic method of finding the truth

d)

The ideal of physical and moral perfection

e)

The beginning of being

12.

Man is the measure of all things - believes:

a)

Parmenides

b)

Protagoras

c)

Socrates

d)

Democritus

e)

Plato

13.

Basic laws and categories of formal logic discovered:

a)

Socrates

b)

Empedocles

c)

Aristotle

d)

Plato

e)

Plotinus

14.

Forms of worldview

a)

Consciousness, thinking, mind

b)

Myth, religion, philosophy

c)

God, nature, society

d)

Ontology, epistemology, axiology

e)

Man, person, individual

15.

Know yourself - said:

a)

Confucius

b)

Heraclitus

c)

Protagoras

d)

Parmenides

e)

Socrates

16.

Philosopher and theologian who put forward five proofs for the existence of God:

a)

Aurelius Augustine

b)

William of Ockham

c)

Roger Bacon

d)

Thomas Aquinas

e)

Anselm of Canterbury

17.

Who was called the "Second Teacher" in world philosophy:

a)

Al-Ghazali

b)

Al-Farabi

c)

Al-Biruni

d)

Al-Khwarizmi

e)

Al-Kindi

18.

Philosophical direction, recognizing one beginning of the world:

a)

dualism

b)

Agnosticism

c)

mechanism

d)

Monism

e)

Pluralism

19.

Invisible, omnipresent law of nature, society, human behavior and thinking, the path:

a)

Lee

b)

Fa

c)

Siao

d)

Zhen

e)

Tao

20.

The third law of dialectics:

a)

the law of gravity

b)

Law of conservation of matter and energy

c)

The law of the excluded middle

d)

Law of sufficient reason

e)

The law of negation of negation

21.

Philosophical doctrine that denies the fundamental possibility of knowing the world:

a)

skepticism

b)

Agnosticism

c)

sensationalism

d)

Anthropologism

e)

Atheism

22.

A thinker who claims that a philosopher should be at the head of the state:

a)

Aristotle

b)

Democritus

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Epicurus

e)

Plato

23.

What is the meaning of the term Philosophy?

a)

Love of wisdom

b)

Love of Idea

c)

Love of thinking

d)

Love of Science

e)

Love of Truth

24.

The first form of worldview:

a)

Religion

b)

Myth

c)

Philosophy

d)

Art

e)

morality

25.

A philosophical method based on decomposition phenomenon into its constituent parts and sides:

a)

Analysis

b)

Synthesis

c)

Dialectic

d)

Metaphysics

e)

Eclecticism

26.

A philosophical method based on the consideration of things, and processes from two opposite points of view

a)

Analysis

b)

Synthesis

c)

Dialectics

d)

Metaphysics

e)

Eclecticism

27.

Meaning of Taoist principle "Wu-wei"

a)

Non-resistance to evil

b)

Action

c)

Discipline and order in society

d)

Non-action

e)

Infinity of the Universe

28.

Teachings about Being:

a)

Epistemology

b)

Axiology

c)

Anthology

d)

Anthropology

e)

Ontology

29.

What philosophical direction "Space and time are forms of our perception" belong to:

a)

Materialism

b)

Objective idealism

c)

Subjective idealism

d)

Dialectical materialism

e)

Mechanistic materialism

30.

Two main parts of philosophy:

a)

Sophistry, eclecticism, dogmatism

b)

Monism, dualism, pluralism

c)

Sociology, political science, cultural studies

d)

Ontology, Gnoseology

e)

Mythology, religion, philosophy

31.

Author of Utopia.

a)

T. More

b)

T. Campanella

c)

N. Machiavelli

d)

J. Bruno

e)

N. Copernicus

32.

Teaching about knowledge:

a)

ontology

b)

Gnoseology

c)

metaphysics

d)

Axiology

e)

Anthropology

33.

Recognition of two substances at the foundation of being:

a)

Pluralism

b)

Dualism

c)

Monism

d)

Conventionalism

e)

Parallelism

34.

An outstanding representative of medieval scholasticism:

a)

Al-Kindi

b)

Aurelius Augustine

c)

Thomas Aquinas

d)

Ibn Sina

e)

Al-Farabi

35.

Founder of Taoism:

a)

Confucius

b)

Lao Tzu

c)

Shang Di

d)

Mencius

e)

Huang Di

36.

What does humanism mean?

a)

philanthropy

b)

love for god

c)

love for knowledge

d)

love of wisdom

e)

love for truth

37.

What is the principle of "Siao"

a)

philanthropy

b)

etiquette

c)

energy

d)

servility

e)

Respect for elders

38.

What does Maya mean

a)

Illusion

b)

rebirth of souls

c)

fate

d)

action

e)

practice

39.

What does Buddha mean in Sanskrit?

a)

Dark

b)

Smart

c)

Enlightened

d)

Universal

e)

Statue

40.

Which is the branch of philosophy that studies issues concerning art and beauty?

a)

Aesthetics

b)

Epistemology

c)

Logic

d)

Metaphysics

e)

Moral

41.

«Wu-Wei», means something like

a)

non-action

b)

action

c)

the virtue

d)

moral disposition to do good

e)

the ability to see what is right and wrong

42.

In the schools of Indian philosophical thought what means action

a)

Karma

b)

Dharma

c)

Samsara

d)

Reincarnation

e)

Nirvana

43.

Before the Islam important role in the spiritual culture of Qazqa, there is....

a)

Sufism

b)

Tribalism

c)

Anarchism

d)

Hedonism

e)

Tengrism

44.

Who said that “Love and justice as the attributes of God.”

a)

Abai

b)

Comte

c)

Kierkegaard

d)

Nietzsche

e)

James

45.

What does the Greek word “Logos” mean?

a)

science

b)

goal

c)

religion

d)

idea

e)

subject

46.

________ is something that can be said to exist

a)

Knowledge

b)

Category

c)

Being

d)

Notion

e)

Space

47.

________ is the branch of philosophy that studies the nature of Being

a)

Ontology

b)

Neoplatonism

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Dualism

e)

Epistemology

48.

The ability to create mental images or pictures is called …

a)

imagination

b)

perception

c)

reflection

d)

consciousness

e)

will

49.

What is common between myth, religion and philosophy:

a)

reflection

b)

world outlook

c)

scientific approach

d)

rationalism

e)

agnosticism

50.

In Hinduism, the absolute reality is designated by the concept:

a)

atman

b)

moksha

c)

jina

d)

Brahman

e)

ahimsa

51.

In Daoism adherence to the principle of “naturalness” means

a)

following to the Dao as the law of nature and cosmos

b)

following to your own needs

c)

transforming the outer world for the better

d)

implementing the principle of love for the neighbor

e)

faith in God

52.

Author of the “double-truth” theory:

a)

Ibn-Sina

b)

Ibn-Rushd

c)

Al-Kindi

d)

Ibn-Arabi

e)

Al-Ghazali

53.

The author of the expression: “thought and being are one and the same”

a)

Plato

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Heraclitus

d)

Aristotle

e)

Parmenides

54.

Ancient Greek philosophers, who took money for teaching wisdom:

a)

atomists

b)

representatives of Peripatetic school

c)

sophists

d)

Socratics

e)

all Ancient Greek thinkers

55.

“Knowledge comes only or primarily from sensory experience”:

a)

skepticism

b)

rationalism

c)

agnosticism

d)

phenomenology

e)

empiricism

56.

Transition from the general to the specific knowledge:

a)

induction

b)

analysis

c)

deduction

d)

abstracting

e)

synthesis

57.

Protagoras is the author of remark:

a)

man is the measure of all things

b)

man is a social animal

c)

man is a bizarre creature

d)

man is a superman

e)

man is a political animal

58.

Suffering and evil deal with:

a)

ahimsa

b)

nirvana

c)

Brahmin

d)

moksha

e)

samsara

59.

“Don’t harm the living, sentient beings” is the commandment of:

a)

ahimsa

b)

moksha

c)

samsara

d)

karma

e)

nirvana

60.

“Motion is unthinkable” – assumed:

a)

Thales

b)

Heraclitus of Ephesus

c)

Zeno of Elea

d)

Diogenes of Sinope

e)

Pythagoras of Samos

61.

“Maieutics” is the method of:

a)

Plato

b)

Protagoras

c)

Socrates

d)

Zeno

e)

Heraclitus

62.

According to Parmenides, being is:

a)

eternal, invariable, united

b)

ideal, eternal, multiple

c)

the unity of the spiritual and material

d)

material, variable, ultimate

e)

invariable, plural

63.

According to al-Farabi, the ideal of society:

a)

city of the sun

b)

city of panic

c)

virtuous city

d)

city of ambition

e)

city of freedom and collectivity

64.

Rational knowledge includes:

a)

concept, judgment, conclusion

b)

analogy, hypothesis, ordering

c)

induction, deduction generalization

d)

intuition, reason, mind

e)

sensation, perception, representation

65.

In ancient Greek philosophy, the impossibility of think about motion has been proven in:

a)

Aristotelian syllogisms

b)

Zeno’s paradoxes

c)

Pythagorean proves

d)

Socrates’ definitions

e)

Plato's dialogues

66.

Materialistic school in ancient Indian philosophy:

a)

Charvaka

b)

Buddhism

c)

Yoga

d)

Upanishads

e)

Jainism

67.

“Cognition is the recollection of the ideas that soul had once beheld”, affirms:

a)

Epicurus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Socrates

e)

Pythagoras

68.

In Hellenistic philosophy the word “ataraxia” means:

a)

equanimity, impassivity

b)

heartlessness

c)

fatigue, tiredness

d)

wisdom

e)

activity and creativity

69.

In ancient times the concept “physis” meant:

a)

nature

b)

society

c)

psyche

d)

state

e)

human being

70.

To the question: "What is difficult?" Thales replied:

a)

to know God

b)

to know thyself

c)

to give advices to others

d)

to know the essence of things

e)

to overcome the need

71.

Any change, transformation, and process is:

a)

motion

b)

evolution

c)

involution

d)

development

e)

progress

72.

Category, reflecting the external, sensibly perceived sides of objects and processes:

a)

phenomenon

b)

image

c)

configuration

d)

profile

e)

shape

73.

The negation of the causality principle:

a)

determinism

b)

agnosticism

c)

indeterminism

d)

fatalism

e)

idealism

74.

The science on forms, laws and ways of thinking:

a)

logic

b)

axiology

c)

ontology

d)

epistemology

e)

logistics

75.

"Everything flows", there is nothing constant in the universe, considered:

a)

Thales

b)

Anaximander

c)

Democritus

d)

Heraclitus

e)

Protagoras

76.

The expression “One cannot enter into the same river even once” is…

a)

relativism

b)

sophism

c)

skepticism

d)

pessimism

e)

agnosticism

77.

The form of empirical cognition:

a)

judgment

b)

hypothesis

c)

observation

d)

syllogism

e)

theory

78.

The basis for regulation of human behavior, according to legalism:

a)

cruel laws

b)

custom

c)

tradition

d)

ritual

e)

morality

79.

The expression “Everything I say is false” is…

a)

truth

b)

sophism

c)

wordplay

d)

deception

e)

error

80.

School of thought that questions the possibility of certainty in knowledge:

a)

skepticism

b)

pessimism

c)

optimism

d)

realism

e)

nominalism

81.

Ancient philosopher, who recognized water, earth, fire and air as a system of world’s eternal elements and forces:

a)

Epicurus

b)

Empedocles

c)

Anaximenes

d)

Anaximander

e)

Heraclitus

82.

Which Pre-Socratic philosopher claimed everything was made of atoms?

a)

Parmenides

b)

Thales

c)

Pythagoras

d)

Democritus

e)

Heraclitus

83.

What is the translation of the word “religio” from Latin?

a)

bind, connect

b)

person

c)

faith, cult

d)

worshiping

e)

idol

84.

According to … all phenomena in the world are planned in advance and the possibility of change is rejected

a)

fatalism

b)

determinism

c)

formalism

d)

indeterminism

e)

providentialism

85.

Christian world outlook stands for the idea of creation of the world out of nothing. It is .....

a)

Theocentrism

b)

Faith

c)

Spirituality

d)

Symbolism

e)

Creationism

86.

The belief that God is present in all things of nature

a)

Pantheism

b)

Syncretism

c)

Animism

d)

Theology

e)

Anthropology

87.

View that after the death the human beings live again in other forms. What is this?

a)

Reincarnation

b)

Fetishism

c)

Animism

d)

Religion

e)

Syncretism

88.

_______ is the belief in and worship of controlling power,

a)

Religion

b)

Culture

c)

Science

d)

Art

e)

Game

89.

Denial of the boundary between "living" and "non-living" and considering "life" as an integral characteristic of the primary matter:

a)

hylozoism

b)

vitalism

c)

hylomorphism

d)

emanation

e)

pantheism

90.

Impartial and just treatment or behavior without favoritism or discrimination:

a)

tolerance

b)

fairness

c)

humbleness

d)

straightforwardness

e)

rigidity

91.

Shakarim called human modesty, justice, kindness in their unity as:

a)

blessing

b)

happiness

c)

knowledge

d)

wisdom

e)

conscience

92.

What does the word “maya” mean in Indian philosophy:

a)

action

b)

rebirth of souls

c)

practice

d)

fate

e)

Illusion

93.

A Platonic teaching consisting of the harmonious combination of bodily, moral and spiritual virtues:

a)

arete

b)

eidos

c)

ataraxia

d)

mimesis

e)

kalokagathia

94.

The principle that people get what they deserve with the interpretation of what constitutes deserving:

a)

sympathy

b)

empathy

c)

propensity

d)

justice

e)

tolerance

95.

Moral law "Act so that people and humanity have always been only a goal but not a means" is called:

a)

Kant’s hypothetical imperative

b)

Feuerbach’s anthropological materialism

c)

Schweitzer’s ethics of reverence for life

d)

Buddhist ethics of compassion

e)

Kant's categorical imperative

96.

The normative ethical position that moral agents ought to act in their own self-interest:

a)

psychological egoism

b)

ethical egoism

c)

amoralism

d)

immoralism

e)

rational egoism

97.

Understanding of facts, information, descriptions, which is acquired:

a)

view

b)

vision

c)

experience

d)

knowledge

e)

stereotype

98.

The idea of the infinity of nature and multiplicity of worlds belongs to:

a)

Michel de Montaigne

b)

Pico della Mirandola

c)

Giordano Bruno

d)

Nikolas Copernicus

e)

Galileo Galilei

99.

An attribute, quality, or characteristic of something:

a)

measure

b)

quantity

c)

property

d)

trait

e)

feature

100.

Complete the thought of Lao-Tzu "Who knows others is that smart. Who knows himself, that ... "

a)

genius

b)

wise

c)

omnipotent

d)

good

e)

powerful

101.

A view that philosophical anthropology and its concepts of human nature, man or humanity should be rejected as historically relative, ideological or metaphysical:

a)

radical humanism

b)

anti-humanism

c)

secularism

d)

neo-humanism

e)

transhumanism

102.

According to Abay, three things are capable to outrage the entire human race:

a)

ignorance, lack of faith, indolence

b)

evil deed, poverty, lack of will

c)

indolence, evil deed, ignorance

d)

indolence, lack of knowledge, ignorance

e)

ignorance, lack of will, shamelessness

103.

In Leibniz's conception, monads are interconnected in order of:

a)

pre-established harmony

b)

neutrality

c)

cause and effect

d)

opposites

e)

unity

104.

What does the concept "negative utilitarianism" mean:

a)

the danger of complete happiness of all people

b)

elimination suffering from human's life

c)

priority to reducing suffering than to increasing pleasure

d)

the impossibility of elimination suffering from human's life

e)

the importance of increasing suffering

105.

Existentialist Jean-Paul Sartre thought that person was condemned to:

a)

loneliness

b)

freedom

c)

suffering

d)

death

e)

happiness

106.

A philosophical method based on the decomposition of a phenomenon into its constituent parts:

a)

dialectics

b)

analysis

c)

metaphysics

d)

synthesis

e)

eclecticism

107.

A person who behaves in a way that is acceptable by most people and who avoids doing things that could be considered different or unusual:

a)

adherent

b)

supporter

c)

follower

d)

proponent

e)

conformist

108.

According to al-Farabi, the ideal of society:

a)

city of freedom

b)

city of panic

c)

city of virtue

d)

city of ambition

e)

city of the sun

109.

Immediate perception of truth, that not based on preliminary logical reasoning:

a)

intuition

b)

memory

c)

mind

d)

reason

e)

feeling

110.

Type of cognition woven into the tissue of life of the subject, but not possessing evidential force:

a)

scientific

b)

mathematical

c)

abstract

d)

ordinary

e)

theoretical

111.

Reflection of separate properties of the real world's objects with the help of sense organs is:

a)

will

b)

affect

c)

perception

d)

sensation

e)

imagination

112.

Bacon called misconceptions which result from the discrepancy between the word definitions and the real things which these words represent:

a)

idols of mountain

b)

idols of tribe

c)

idols of cave

d)

idols of marketplace

e)

idols of theater

113.

The result of the process of cognition, usually expressed in language or in any symbolic form:

a)

knowledge

b)

skill

c)

picture

d)

model

e)

pattern

114.

What does the word “maieutics” mean:

a)

the ability to cleverly debate

b)

the art of having a conversation, an argument

c)

Socratic method of finding the truth

d)

the ideal of physical and moral perfection

e)

the beginning of being

115.

This philosophy calls for enduring what cannot be changed and for maintaining abstinence from temptation:

a)

quakerism

b)

quietism

c)

Epicureanism

d)

providentialism

e)

stoicism

116.

How do you understand Nonsense?

a)

Absurd

b)

confused thinking

c)

logics

d)

bureaucracy

e)

abstract idea

117.

The transcendental means

a)

“exist here and now”

b)

being

c)

consciousness

d)

truth

e)

“going beyond”

118.

The “Immanence” means

a)

internal, integral, innate

b)

come from outside, otherworldly

c)

Abstract idea

d)

consciousness

e)

truth

119.

The term “Culture” originated from

a)

Being

b)

Natural

c)

Nature

d)

Civilization

e)

Cultivate

120.

“Ontos” means

a)

Essence

b)

Existence

c)

Nature

d)

Being

e)

truth

121.

To be “Outside, otherworldly” means

a)

Transcendental

b)

Existence

c)

Nature

d)

Being

e)

Truth

122.

The “Ability of an entity to interact with physical or mental reality” is

a)

Existence

b)

Being

c)

Consciousness

d)

Truth

e)

Nature

123.

What is the opposite of Being?

a)

Nothingness

b)

Absurd

c)

Consciousness

d)

Truth

e)

Nature

124.

What is the opposite to Culture?

a)

Existence

b)

Being

c)

Consciousness

d)

Truth

e)

Nature

125.

Teaching about knowledge:

a)

Ontology

b)

Epistemology

c)

Metaphysics

d)

Axiology

e)

Anthropology

126.

Confucius and Meng-tzu believed that human nature is:

a)

Inherently evil

b)

Initially fair

c)

Initially moral

d)

Initially beautiful

e)

Inherently good

127.

The highest individual subjective principle in Ancient Indian Philosophy is:

a)

Brahman

b)

Atman

c)

Samsara

d)

Karma

e)

Nirvana

128.

The law of retribution is:

a)

Brahman

b)

Atman

c)

Samsara

d)

Karma

e)

Nirvana

129.

The direction of Aristotle's followers in Medieval Arab-Muslim Philosophy is:

a)

Eastern peripateticism

b)

Kalam

c)

Ismailism

d)

Ishraqism

e)

Sufism

130.

The main principle of Abai's philosophy is:

a)

Be fair

b)

Be moral

c)

Be human

d)

Be good

e)

Be beautiful

131.

The words “Man is the measure of all things” belong to:

a)

Socrates

b)

Plato

c)

Aristotle

d)

Pythagoras

e)

Protagoras

132.

In what period of philosophy was Man the image and likeness of God?

a)

Ancient Philosophy

b)

Medieval Philosophy

c)

Renaissance Philosophy

d)

Philosophy of Modern Time

e)

Philosophy of 20th century

133.

Anthropocentrism and humanism are inherent in the epoch of:

a)

Ancient Philosophy

b)

Medieval Philosophy

c)

Renaissance Philosophy

d)

Philosophy of Modern Time

e)

Philosophy of 20th century

134.

In the philosophy of this period, the motives of individualism, egoism, and utilitarianism associated with nascent capitalism are clearly heard:

a)

Ancient Philosophy

b)

Medieval Philosophy

c)

Renaissance Philosophy

d)

Philosophy of Modern Time

e)

Philosophy of 20th century

135.

A philosophical concept that denies the possibility of a reasonable knowledge of reality:

a)

Irrationalism

b)

Existentialism

c)

Utilitarianism

d)

Personalism

e)

Pragmatism

136.

The expression: “The greatest pride, or the greatest despondency, is the greatest ignorance of one's self” indicates the necessity of

a)

compliance with measure

b)

self-respect

c)

self-education

d)

getting rid of prejudice

e)

self-restriction

137.

The position that some system of ethics applies for all similarly situated individuals, regardless of culture, race, religion, or any other distinguishing feature:

a)

moral absolutism

b)

moral universalism

c)

moral indulgence

d)

metaethical coherentism

e)

moral dogmatism

138.

The act of matching attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to group norms, politics or being likeminded in the result of subtle unconscious influences, or direct social pressure:

a)

cohesiveness

b)

non-conformism

c)

conformity

d)

obedience

e)

commonality

139.

The author of the dictum: "True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness, which says: 'I am life, which wills to live in the midst of life, which wills to live.'"

a)

Albert Camus

b)

Albert The Great

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Albert Schweitzer

e)

Albert Bandura

140.

According to J. Bentham and J.S. Mill, happiness is:

a)

freedom of choice

b)

pleasure and well-being

c)

the absence of pain and freedom of choice

d)

well-being

e)

pleasure and the lack of pain

141.

The author of the exclamation: "Who is really close to you? Faithful friend, affectionate grandson, your descendant, great-grandson, and the land where you were born and raised!"

a)

Kazybek bi

b)

L. Gumilyov

c)

W. Shakespeare

d)

B. Franklin

e)

Socrates

142.

According to this conception, actions are good when they increase humanity's net happiness, creating more pleasure than they cause pain, and evil when they cause more pain than pleasure:

a)

hedonism

b)

utilitarianism

c)

stoicism

d)

epicureanism

e)

cynicism

143.

A trait or quality that is deemed to be morally good and thus is valued as a foundation of good moral being

a)

charity

b)

dignity

c)

virtue

d)

prudence

e)

justice

144.

The English word "ethics" is derived from the ancient Greek word ēthikós, meaning

a)

compliance with the moral rules

b)

establishing moral order

c)

elimination of evil

d)

relating to one's character

e)

purposeful life

145.

An ethical view that all actions are inherently right or wrong, regardless of the purpose for which they are performed:

a)

moral dogmatism

b)

moral universalism

c)

moral relativism

d)

moral skepticism

e)

moral absolutism

146.

The author of the dictum: "It is impossible to think of anything at all in the world, or indeed even beyond it, that could be considered good without limitation except a good will."

a)

I. Kant

b)

A. Schopenhauer

c)

Abay

d)

B. Spinoza

e)

A. Augustine

147.

Nothing is morally right or wrong because there are no moral features in this world; thus, no moral judgments are "true":

a)

moral relativism

b)

moral nihilism

c)

moral objectivism

d)

moral ignorance

e)

moral eliminativism

148.

The thought that "ethics is nothing else than reverence for life" belongs to:

a)

Deni Diderot

b)

Leo Tolstoy

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

Korkyt Ata

e)

Albert Schweitzer

149.

The ancient Greek root word ēthos from which the word ēthikós ("ethics") comes, means:

a)

mannerliness

b)

manner

c)

character, moral nature

d)

civility

e)

courtesy

150.

A class of meta-ethical theories in which all members entail that no one has any moral knowledge, moreover it is impossible:

a)

moral skepticism

b)

moral nihilism

c)

moral absenteeism

d)

ethical realism

e)

agnosticism