Quiz 4 Moral Theories

A  continence.

B  virtue.

C  pleasure.

D  eudaimonia.

A  all women share a common approach to morality.

B  men tend to be more morally developed than women.

C  women are innately more compassionate than men.

D  women tend to respond to moral conflict differently from men.

A  maternalism.

B  the ethic of procreation.

C  the ethic of care.

D  ethical pluralism.

A  the importance of dependence and connectedness to others

B  the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life

C  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

D  the importance of vulnerability

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.

A  made false and damaging claims about women

B  discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.

C  made false and damaging claims about women, ignored female perspectives on ethical issues, and discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.

D  ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.

A  must be acquired through training.

B  is guaranteed to make us happy.

C  must be acquired through training and is guaranteed to make us happy.

D  is inborn.

A  are irrelevant to morality.

B  would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.

C  tend to make us violate our duties.

D  play a crucial role in moral understanding.

A  they would be performed by a virtuous person.

B  they benefit everyone and harm no one.

C  there are good reasons to perform them.

D  there are good reasons to perform them, they benefit everyone and harm no one, and they would be performed by a virtuous person.

A  Immanuel Kant.

B  John Stuart Mill.

C  Aristotle.

D  W. D. Ross.

A  What kind of person should I be?

B  What is the right thing to do?

C  What would benefit me most?

D  What kinds of things are intrinsically good?

A  be selfish.

B  have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.

C  be unconcerned with the well-being of others.

D  be selfish, be unconcerned with the well-being of others, and have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.

A  doing so is commanded by God.

B  we have explicitly consented to do so.

C  we have tacitly consented to do so.

D  doing so maximizes overall utility.

A  all of the laws are easy to understand.

B  no one ever breaks one’s agreements.

C  there is no government.

D  there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.

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.

A  Thomas Hobbes.

B  Immanuel Kant.

C  John Stuart Mill.

D  Aristotle.

A  every possible course of action ends up harming everyone.

B  there is no possible action that does not break the law.

C  all people benefit if all people pursue their short-term interests.

D  all people benefit if all people refrain from pursuing their short-term interests.

A  they do not violate any agreements.

B  they do not violate anyone’s rights.

C  everyone agrees that they are right.

D  they are permitted by rules that free, equal, and rational people would agree to live by.

A  sociological

B  psychological

C  philosophical

D  political