PHI 240 - INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS (QUIZZES #1-4)
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
T or F Moral Responsibility refers to the belief that each person has an obligation to act
in a morally good way. - Answers - true
T or F: Ethics is the interpretation of rules of conduct. - Answers - false
Socrates' belief that one should never return evil with evil is called the principle of: -
Answers - moral rectitude
T or F Crito believed that since Socrates was unjustly convicted he had no obligation to
remain in prison. - Answers - true
The belief that there is an inner voice within each person that seeks to be good and act
well is called: - Answers - human conscience
T or F Socrates believed that he was convicted by a biased jury and therefore, he had
no obligation to submit to the punishment ordained by the city of Athens. - Answers -
false
Impartiality is not an important principle used in moral reasoning. - Answers - false
T or F Moral Philosophy and Religion have essentially the same approaches to the
study of ethics. - Answers - false
T or F Socrates rejected Crito's assertion that he had an obligation to escape in order to
take care of his family. - Answers - true
T or F Religious based ethics implies that morality would have to depend upon God for
there to be standards of right and wrong. - Answers - true
Hume believed morality was: - Answers - the result of human emotions
Nietzsche's moral position can best be described as: - Answers - moral nihilist
The ethical theory that teachings morality as consisting of ideas or beliefs dependent
upon the time and place in which a person lives: - Answers - ethical relativism
The idea that moral judgements are based only on one's feeling of approval or
disapproval of a particular moral action is: - Answers - ethical subjectivism
QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS
T or F Moral Responsibility refers to the belief that each person has an obligation to act
in a morally good way. - Answers - true
T or F: Ethics is the interpretation of rules of conduct. - Answers - false
Socrates' belief that one should never return evil with evil is called the principle of: -
Answers - moral rectitude
T or F Crito believed that since Socrates was unjustly convicted he had no obligation to
remain in prison. - Answers - true
The belief that there is an inner voice within each person that seeks to be good and act
well is called: - Answers - human conscience
T or F Socrates believed that he was convicted by a biased jury and therefore, he had
no obligation to submit to the punishment ordained by the city of Athens. - Answers -
false
Impartiality is not an important principle used in moral reasoning. - Answers - false
T or F Moral Philosophy and Religion have essentially the same approaches to the
study of ethics. - Answers - false
T or F Socrates rejected Crito's assertion that he had an obligation to escape in order to
take care of his family. - Answers - true
T or F Religious based ethics implies that morality would have to depend upon God for
there to be standards of right and wrong. - Answers - true
Hume believed morality was: - Answers - the result of human emotions
Nietzsche's moral position can best be described as: - Answers - moral nihilist
The ethical theory that teachings morality as consisting of ideas or beliefs dependent
upon the time and place in which a person lives: - Answers - ethical relativism
The idea that moral judgements are based only on one's feeling of approval or
disapproval of a particular moral action is: - Answers - ethical subjectivism
