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