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13. It discusses the set of rules for human conduct.

A. Philosophy

B. Ethics /

C. Morality

D. Norms

14. Ethics comes from the Greek word _____ which means custom, habit, character, or disposition.

A. ethos /

B. mos

C. moris

D. ethis

1. At its simplest, ethics is _____

A. “love of wisdom.”

B. the set of standards that enable people to live cooperatively in groups.

C. the rules or expectations that are socially enforced.

D. a system of moral principles. /

35. Ethics covers the following dilemmas, except :

A. how to live a good life

B. the language of right and wrong

C. truth and loyalty /

D. moral decisions

27. It refers to the rightness or wrongness of an action.

A. Philosophy

B. Morality /

C. Ethics

D. Norms
26. Morality comes from the Latin word _____ which means manner or characteristics.

A. mos

B. moris

C. moralitas/

D. moralidad

24. It deals with the nature of moral judgment. It looks at the origins and meaning of ethical principles.

A. Normative Ethics

B. Applied Ethics

C. Moral Ethics

D. Metaethics /

29. It is concerned with the content of moral judgments and the criteria for what is right and wrong.

A. Normative Ethics /

B. Applied Ethics

C. Moral Ethics

D. Metaethics

3. It looks at controversial topics like war, bioethics, and capital punishment.

A. Normative Ethics

B. Moral Ethics

C. Applied Ethics /

D. Metaethics

32. “Grant me chastity and continence, but not yet.”

A. St. Thomas Aquinas

B. St. Augustine of Hippo /

C. St. John Paul II


D. St. Francis of Assisi

40. It focuses on the results, or consequences, of our actions, and treats intentions as

Irrelevant.

A. Utilitarianism /

B. Kantianism

C. Natural Ethics

D. Aristotleianism

22. It is all about sticking to the moral rulebook.

A. Utilitarianism

B. Natural Ethics

C. Aristotleianism

D. Kantianism /

19. The school of thought laid out by 18 th century German philosopher _____

A. Christian Wolff

B. Immanuel Kant /

C. Georg Hegel

D. Gottfried Leibniz

20. Who founded the Modern Utilitarianism?

A. Jeremy

Bentham and John Stuart Mill /

B. Bernard Williams

C. Richard Brandt and Brad


Hooker

D. Immanuel Kant

16. It is the ethical theory that pleasure the highest good and proper aim of human life.

A. Egoism

B. Materialism

C. Utilitarianism

D. Hedonism /

11. State of being centered in or preoccupied with oneself and the gratification of

One’s own desires.

A. Materialistic

B. Utilitarian

C. Egoistic /

D. Hedonistic

30. “we should act always so as to produce the greatest good for the greatest

Number.”

A. Principle of Utility /

B. Natural Law

C. Greatest Good Principle

D. Principle of Happiness

5. British philosopher who offered the thought bubble experiment.

A. Jeremy Bentham

B. John Stuart Mill

C. Bernard Williams /
D. Richard Brandt

2. You should choose the action that

Produces the greatest good for the greatest number.

A. Rule Utilitarianism

B. Act Utilitarianism /

C. Modern Utilitarianism

D. Natural Utilitarianism

31. This version of the theory says that we ought to live by rules that, in general, are likely

To lead to the greatest good for the greatest number.

A. Act Utilitarianism

B. Modern Utilitarianism

C. Natural Utilitarianism

D. Rule Utilitarianism /

7. Act Utilitarianism is sometimes called as _____

A. Modern Utilitarianism

B. Natural Utilitarianism

C. Classical Utilitarianism /

D. Consequentialism

18. Who are the major proponents of Rule Utilitarianism? (I) Richard Brandt (II) Brad Hooker (III) Bernard
Williams

A. I and II /

B. II and III

C. I and III
D. I, II, and III

39. I think it will make me happy.

A. Hedonist

B. Materialistic

C. Kantian

D. Utilitarian /

25. Actions should be measured in terms of the

Happiness, or pleasure, that they produce.

A. Classical Utilitarianism

B. Modern Utilitarianism /

C. Natural Utilitarianism

D. Consequentialism

28. Can we call Utilitarianism an egoistic theory?

A. Yes

B. Maybe

C. No /

10. It argues that what’s good, and what’s not, are

Determined by a deity who

Come up with ethical rules by committee.

A. Theory of Natural Law

B. Divine Command Theory /

C. Utilitarianism

D. Virtue Ethics

33. It says that morality


Comes from us but only because we were made by God, who preloaded us with moral

Sensibilities.

A. Theory of Natural Law /

B. Divine Command Theory

C. Utilitarianism

D. Virtue Ethics.

34. Theory of Natural Law was advanced by _____

A. Immanuel Kant

B. St. Augustin

C. Richard Brandt

D. Thomas Aquinas /

17. They’re commands that you should follow if you want something.

A. Categorical Imperatives

B. Hypothetical Imperatives /

C. Moral Imperative

D. Moral Philosophy

6. These are commands you must follow, regardless of your desires.

A. Categorical Imperatives /

B. Hypothetical Imperatives

C. Moral Imperative

D. Moral Philosophy

38. Act only according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should

Become a universal law without contradiction.

A. Will

B. Respect
C. Reversibility

D. Universalizability /

23. It is just a rule or principle of action.

A. Aphorism

B. Universalizability

C. Maxim /

D. Universal Law

37. It is something that must always be done in similar situations.

A. Natural Law

B. Universal Law /

C. Maxim

D. Positive Law

15. Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person

Or in that of another, always as an end, and never as a mere means.

A. Universal Law

B. Universalizability

C. Natural Law

D. Formula of Humanity /

9. It is an ethical theory that uses rules to distinguish right from wrong.

A. Formula of Humanity

B. Kantian Ethics

C. Deontology /

D. Utilitarianism
36. Kant believed that ethical actions follow _____

A. universal moral laws /

B. deontology

C. universal moral theory

D. moral actions

8. It judges actions by their results.

A. Universal Moral Laws

B. Kantianism

C. Consequentialism /

D. Utilitarianism

12. Rational human beings should be treated as a/an _____ and not as a means to something else.

A. means to an end

B. ends-in-themselves /

C. consequential

D. realm of ends

4. Autonomy. The state or condition of self-governance or desires that are authentically one’s own.

A. Autonomy /

B. Shame

C. Doubt

D. Confidence

21. A set of universal moral principles that apply to all human beings, regardless of context or situation.

A. Universal Law of Morality

B. Autonomy

C. Deontology

D. Kantian Ethics /

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