ETHICS & CITIZENSHIP

UNIT 1 ASSIGNMENT
MULTIPLE CHOICE [10 MARKS] - (1 mark each)
1. A moral agent is a being with
A. Intelligence and street smarts
B. The ability to choose and consciously act
C. Authority to enforce morality
D. The ability to change moral thinking

6. The basic ingredients of the moral life include

A. Changes in morals
B. Rights and duties
C. Agreements and laws
D. All of the above

2. Based on considerations of style, appearance

and convenience.
A. Ethics
B. Social convention
C. Justice
D. Morality

7. Three elements considered when judging the

morality of an act.
A. Means, motives and consequences
B. Means motives and indications
C. Means, moves and consequences
D. Means, motives and reasonings

3. Ethics is not concerned with the

A. principle that justifies right action
B. gaining techniques and skills
C. truth and falsity of moral beliefs
D. granting direction for personal conduct

8. A person is not held responsible for

A. Voluntary acts
B. Involuntary acts
C. Deliberate acts
D. Misinterpreted acts

4. The focus of ethics is

A. Descriptive
B. Persuasive
C. Prescriptive
D. Relative

9. Pluralistic societies
A. Hold to one value system
B. Offer many divergent values
C. Avoid the pitfalls of relativism
D. Have one standard of right and wrong

5. Moral nurture should be thought of as

A. A list of moral instructions to follow
B. An infallible God given ability
C. The memory of good moral received
D. A continuous development of the personal
moral life

10. Which of the following is not a purpose of

morality
A. To describe what is happening in society
B. To lessen human suffering
C. To keep society from falling apart
D. To resolve conflict of interest in just and
orderly ways

MATCHING - [10 MARKS] - (1 mark each)

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Descriptive
Motive
Applied ethics
Means
Meta-ethics

F.
G.
H.
I.
J.

Prescriptive
Morality
Retribution
Justice
Science

K. Consequences
L. Normative ethics
M. Agreements & Laws
N.

1. _____ the ability and opportunity available to accomplish an act

2. _____ the study and analysis of the nature of ethics concepts
3. _____ approved standards of human conduct
4. _____ the study of the use of ethical knowledge
5. _____ related to the end result of an action
6. _____ grounded in the discovery and utilization of facts and the acquiring of knowledge
7. _____ giving to each his due
8. _____ the recognised claims we hold on each other in our interaction
9. _____ outlining what is or what exist
10. _____

concerned with the principle which justifies right action