PHIL 2306 Exam 1 Answers

 Question 1
1 out of 1 points
Ethical subjectivism is the view that all moral facts are:

Selected 4.
Answer: products of personal conviction.
Answers: 1.
products of cultural beliefs.
2.
products of agreements between
individuals.
3.
products of the natural world.

4.
products of personal conviction.
 Question 2
1 out of 1 points
Which of the following questions would be studied by a metaethicist?

Selected 4.
Answer: Are moral codes true or just believed to be
true?
Answers: 1.
Is it wrong to steal for a good cause?
2.
Should someone have the right to have an
abortion?
3.
Why is stealing wrong?

4.
Are moral codes true or just believed to be
true?
 Question 3
0 out of 1 points
Which one of these is a problem for Ethical Relativism?

Selected 3.
Answer: It makes us morally
fallible.
Answers: 1.
It is too demanding.

2.
It produces a
contradiction.

, 3.
It makes us morally
fallible.
4.
None of the above
 Question 4
0 out of 1 points
Normative ethicists do which of the following?

Selected 4.
Answer: None of the above
Answers: 1.
Describe rules for moral
behavior

2.
Prescribe rules for moral
behavior
3.
Describe rules for living the
good life
4.
None of the above
 Question 5
1 out of 1 points
Moral nihilism is the view that all moral facts are:
Selected 4.
Answer:
Neither 1
nor 2
Answers: 1.
objective
2.
subjective
3.
Both 1 and 2
4.
Neither 1
nor 2
 Question 6
1 out of 1 points
If expressivism is true, then: