Quiz 4 Moral Theories

A  eudaimonia.

B  pleasure.

C  continence.

D  virtue.

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  the ethic of care.

B  ethical pluralism.

C  maternalism.

D  the ethic of procreation.

A  the importance of vulnerability

B  the importance of dependence and connectedness to others

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 not having control over important aspects of one’s life

A  there are no innate differences between men and women.

B  men and women should always be treated the same.

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  the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality.

A  made false and damaging claims about women

B  ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.

C  discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.

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

A  is guaranteed to make us happy.

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

C  is inborn.

D  must be acquired through training.

A  would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.

B  tend to make us violate our duties.

C  play a crucial role in moral understanding.

D  are irrelevant to morality.

A  they would be performed by a virtuous person.

B  there are good reasons to perform them.

C  they benefit everyone and harm no one.

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  W. D. Ross.

B  Immanuel Kant.

C  John Stuart Mill.

D  Aristotle.

A  What kinds of things are intrinsically good?

B  What would benefit me most?

C  What is the right thing to do?

D  What kind of person should I be?

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

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

C  be selfish.

D  be unconcerned with the well-being of others.

A  doing so maximizes overall utility.

B  we have tacitly consented to do so.

C  doing so is commanded by God.

D  we have explicitly consented to do so.

A  there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.

B  there is no government.

C  all of the laws are easy to understand.

D  no one ever breaks one’s agreements.

A  prevent the immoral behavior that often results from higher education.

B  remind us of how much we don’t know.

C  prevent people from invading one another’s privacy.

D  ensure that the choices of the contractors are fair.

A  Thomas Hobbes.

B  Aristotle.

C  John Stuart Mill.

D  Immanuel Kant.

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 refrain from pursuing their short-term interests.

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

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

B  they do not violate any agreements.

C  they do not violate anyone’s rights.

D  everyone agrees that they are right.

A  philosophical

B  sociological

C  political

D  psychological