PHI 130 MIDTERM REVIEW (UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY)

PHI 130 MIDTERM REVIEW (UNIVERSITY OF
KENTUCKY)

Ethics is a branch of which academic discipline?
A. Psychology
B. Philosophy
C. Art
D. Science - Answer -B. Philosophy

Ethics concerns which question(s)?
A. How ought we live?
B. What is the good?
C. How do I determine right and wrong?
D. All of the above - Answer -D. All of the above

There are three divisions to the discipline of ethics. Which of the following is NOT one of
those three?
A. Essential ethics
B. Descriptive morality
C. Moral Philosophy
D. Applied Ethics - Answer -A. Essential ethics

Which reflects the proper order of questions discussed in class?
A. Applied Ethics (1st) Moral Philosophy (2nd) Metaphysics (3rd)
B. Metaphysics (1st) Applied Ethics (2nd) Moral Philosophy (3rd)
C. Moral Philosophy (1st) Metaphysics (2nd) Applied Ethics (3rd)
D. Metaphysics (1st) Moral Philosophy (2nd) Applied Ethics (3rd) - Answer -D.
Metaphysics (1st) Moral Philosophy (2nd) Applied Ethics (3rd)

What is the relationship between law and morality?
A. Law and morality are one and the same thing (identical)
B. Law and morality are different but may overlap (coincidental)
C. Law and morality are different and never overlap (oppositional)
D. All of the above - Answer -B. Law and morality are different but may overlap
(coincidental)

Etiquette, unlike morality, concerns which of the following?
A. What is legal
B. What is socially acceptable
C. What is right and wrong
D. What is beneficial - Answer -B. What is socially acceptable

Pojman/Fieser name five traits of moral principles, which are:
A. Prescriptive, universalizable, overridingness, publicity, practability

, B. Prescriptive, universalizable, socially acceptable, publicity, practability
C. Prescriptive, universalizable, overridingness, publicity, undoubtable
D. Descriptive, universalizable, overridingness, publicity, practability - Answer -A.
Prescriptive, universalizable, overridingness, publicity, practability

Motive is irrelevant to the moral character of an act; all that matters is the external,
descriptive facts about the act.
A. True
B. False - Answer -B. False

Which of the following is a description of Ethical Relativism?
A. Some moral norms are objectively valid for all people of all times and all cultures
B. No moral norms are objectively valid for all people of all times and all cultures
C. All moral norms are objectively valid for all people of all times and all cultures
D. All of the above - Answer -B. No moral norms are objectively valid for all people of
all times and all cultures

Subjective Ethical Relativism asserts which of the following?
A. Moral principles are never justified
B. Moral principles are justified by their acceptance by an individual
C. Moral principles are justified by their acceptance by a culture
D. Moral principles are justified by their innate reasonability - Answer -B. Moral
principles are justified by their acceptance by an individual

Conventional Ethical Relativism (CER) asserts which of these?
A. Moral principles are never justified
B. Moral principles are justified by their acceptance by an individual
C. Moral principles are justified by their acceptance by a culture
D. Moral principles are justified by their innate reasonability - Answer -C. Moral
principles are justified by their acceptance by a culture

If a single, universal moral norm exists, then ethical relativism is false.
A. True
B. False - Answer -A. True

CER builds on two theses. The 1st says, because morals vary across cultures, no
universal standard exists. This is called?
A. Overridable thesis
B. Cultural thesis
C. Diversity thesis
D. Dependency thesis - Answer -C. Diversity thesis

CER builds on two theses. The 2nd says, moral standards depend on cultural
acceptance for validity. This is called?
A. Overridable thesis
B. Cultural thesis