CSCI 3030E Final Exam
Taking "the ethical point of view" means ** Answ** deciding that other people and
their core values are worthy of your respect.
An association of people organized under a system of rules designed to advance the
good of its members over time is called a ** Answ** society.
Rules of conduct describing what people ought and ought not to do in various situations
are called ** Answ** morality.
Ethics is ** Answ** - a rational examination of people's moral beliefs.
- a branch of philosophy.
- one way to determine which activities are "good" and which are "bad."
- a field of study more than 2,000 years old.
(all of the above)
An ethical relativist claims that ** Answ** there are no universal moral principles.
Ethical objectivism is based on the idea that ** Answ** morality has an existence
outside the human mind.
The divine command theory is an example of ** Answ** ethical objectivism.
Which of the following is an argument in favor of the divine command theory? **
Answ** God is all-knowing.
Ethical egoism is ** Answ** based on determining long-term beneficial
consequences.
Which of the following is an argument in favor of ethical egoism? ** Answ** The
community can benefit when individuals put their well-being first.
According to Kant, our sense of "ought to" is called ** Answ** dutifulness.
According to Kant, the moral value of an action depends upon ** Answ** the
underlying moral rule.
According to the second formulation of the Categorical Imperative, ** Answ** it is
wrong for one person to "use" another.
The Principle of Utility is also called ** Answ** the Greatest Happiness Principle.
, Two philosophers closely associated with utilitarianism are ** Answ** Jeremy
Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
Utilitarianism is an example of ** Answ** a consequentialist theory.
The problem of moral luck is raised as a criticism of ** Answ** act utilitarianism.
Utilitarianism does not mean "the greatest good of the greatest number" because **
Answ** it focuses solely on "the greatest good" and pays no attention to how "the
good" is distributed.
Thomas Hobbes called life without rules and a means of enforcing them ** Answ**
the state of nature.
An early proponent of the social contract was ** Answ** Jean-Jacque Rousseau.
A right that another can guarantee by leaving you alone to exercise the right is called
** Answ** a negative right.
A right that is guaranteed without exception is called ** Answ** an absolute right.
The idea that social and economic inequalities must be to the greatest benefit of the
least-advantaged members of society is called ** Answ** the difference principle.
Modern writers often refer to moral virtues as ** Answ** virtues of character.
A character trait that prevents a human being from flourishing or become truly happy is
called a ** Answ** vice.
According to Aristotle, moral virtue results from ** Answ** repetition of the
appropriate acts.
According to Aristotle, deriving pleasure from a virtuous act is a sign that you **
Answ** have developed the virtue.
Networks of compromised computers are called ** Answ** botnets.
Every object on the Web has a unique address called its ** Answ** uniform resource
locator (URL).
Resource limitations of smartphones, including limited screen size, help explain the
popularity of ** Answ** mobile apps.
A Korean cybercafé where people play on-line, persistent games is called a ** Answ**
PC bang.
Taking "the ethical point of view" means ** Answ** deciding that other people and
their core values are worthy of your respect.
An association of people organized under a system of rules designed to advance the
good of its members over time is called a ** Answ** society.
Rules of conduct describing what people ought and ought not to do in various situations
are called ** Answ** morality.
Ethics is ** Answ** - a rational examination of people's moral beliefs.
- a branch of philosophy.
- one way to determine which activities are "good" and which are "bad."
- a field of study more than 2,000 years old.
(all of the above)
An ethical relativist claims that ** Answ** there are no universal moral principles.
Ethical objectivism is based on the idea that ** Answ** morality has an existence
outside the human mind.
The divine command theory is an example of ** Answ** ethical objectivism.
Which of the following is an argument in favor of the divine command theory? **
Answ** God is all-knowing.
Ethical egoism is ** Answ** based on determining long-term beneficial
consequences.
Which of the following is an argument in favor of ethical egoism? ** Answ** The
community can benefit when individuals put their well-being first.
According to Kant, our sense of "ought to" is called ** Answ** dutifulness.
According to Kant, the moral value of an action depends upon ** Answ** the
underlying moral rule.
According to the second formulation of the Categorical Imperative, ** Answ** it is
wrong for one person to "use" another.
The Principle of Utility is also called ** Answ** the Greatest Happiness Principle.
, Two philosophers closely associated with utilitarianism are ** Answ** Jeremy
Bentham and John Stuart Mill.
Utilitarianism is an example of ** Answ** a consequentialist theory.
The problem of moral luck is raised as a criticism of ** Answ** act utilitarianism.
Utilitarianism does not mean "the greatest good of the greatest number" because **
Answ** it focuses solely on "the greatest good" and pays no attention to how "the
good" is distributed.
Thomas Hobbes called life without rules and a means of enforcing them ** Answ**
the state of nature.
An early proponent of the social contract was ** Answ** Jean-Jacque Rousseau.
A right that another can guarantee by leaving you alone to exercise the right is called
** Answ** a negative right.
A right that is guaranteed without exception is called ** Answ** an absolute right.
The idea that social and economic inequalities must be to the greatest benefit of the
least-advantaged members of society is called ** Answ** the difference principle.
Modern writers often refer to moral virtues as ** Answ** virtues of character.
A character trait that prevents a human being from flourishing or become truly happy is
called a ** Answ** vice.
According to Aristotle, moral virtue results from ** Answ** repetition of the
appropriate acts.
According to Aristotle, deriving pleasure from a virtuous act is a sign that you **
Answ** have developed the virtue.
Networks of compromised computers are called ** Answ** botnets.
Every object on the Web has a unique address called its ** Answ** uniform resource
locator (URL).
Resource limitations of smartphones, including limited screen size, help explain the
popularity of ** Answ** mobile apps.
A Korean cybercafé where people play on-line, persistent games is called a ** Answ**
PC bang.
