Navigation » List of Schools » Prince George Community College » Philosophy » Philosophy 1330 – Ethics » Summer 2021 » Quiz 4 Moral Theories
Below are the questions for the exam with the choices of answers:
Question #1
A eudaimonia.
B pleasure.
C continence.
D virtue.
Question #2
A women tend to respond to moral conflict differently from men.
B women are innately more compassionate than men.
C all women share a common approach to morality.
D men tend to be more morally developed than women.
Question #3
A the ethic of procreation.
B maternalism.
C the ethic of care.
D ethical pluralism.
Question #4
A the importance of vulnerability
B the importance of vulnerability, the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life, and the importance of dependence and connectedness to others
C the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life
D the importance of dependence and connectedness to others
Question #5
A there are no innate differences between men and women.
B the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality.
C men and women should always be treated the same, the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality, and there are no innate differences between men and women.
D men and women should always be treated the same.
Question #6
A made false and damaging claims about women
B ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.
C made false and damaging claims about women, ignored female perspectives on ethical issues, and discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
D discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
Question #7
A is guaranteed to make us happy.
B is inborn.
C must be acquired through training and is guaranteed to make us happy.
D must be acquired through training.
Question #8
A tend to make us violate our duties.
B play a crucial role in moral understanding.
C are irrelevant to morality.
D would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.
Question #9
A they would be performed by a virtuous person.
B there are good reasons to perform them, they benefit everyone and harm no one, and they would be performed by a virtuous person.
C they benefit everyone and harm no one.
D there are good reasons to perform them.
Question #10
A W. D. Ross.
B Aristotle.
C Immanuel Kant.
D John Stuart Mill.
Question #11
A What is the right thing to do?
B What would benefit me most?
C What kind of person should I be?
D What kinds of things are intrinsically good?
Question #12
A be unconcerned with the well-being of others.
B be selfish, be unconcerned with the well-being of others, and have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.
C have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.
D be selfish.
Question #13
A we have explicitly consented to do so.
B doing so is commanded by God.
C doing so maximizes overall utility.
D we have tacitly consented to do so.
Question #14
A there is no government.
B there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.
C all of the laws are easy to understand.
D no one ever breaks one’s agreements.
Question #15
A prevent the immoral behavior that often results from higher education.
B prevent people from invading one another’s privacy.
C ensure that the choices of the contractors are fair.
D remind us of how much we don’t know.
Question #16
A John Stuart Mill.
B Aristotle.
C Immanuel Kant.
D Thomas Hobbes.
Question #17
A every possible course of action ends up harming everyone.
B all people benefit if all people refrain from pursuing their short-term interests.
C there is no possible action that does not break the law.
D all people benefit if all people pursue their short-term interests.
Question #18
A they do not violate anyone’s rights.
B they are permitted by rules that free, equal, and rational people would agree to live by.
C everyone agrees that they are right.
D they do not violate any agreements.
Question #19
A political
B philosophical
C sociological
D psychological