Quiz 4 Moral Theories

A  virtue.

B  continence.

C  pleasure.

D  eudaimonia.

A  men tend to be more morally developed than women.

B  all women share a common approach to morality.

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  ethical pluralism.

D  the ethic of care.

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

B  the importance of dependence and connectedness to others

C  the importance of vulnerability

D  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

A  men and women should always be treated the same.

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  there are no innate differences between men and women.

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 and is guaranteed to make us happy.

B  is guaranteed to make us happy.

C  is inborn.

D  must be acquired through training.

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.

A  there are good reasons to perform them.

B  they would be performed by a virtuous person.

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

D  they benefit everyone and harm no one.

A  Aristotle.

B  John Stuart Mill.

C  W. D. Ross.

D  Immanuel Kant.

A  What kinds of things are intrinsically good?

B  What is the right thing to do?

C  What would benefit me most?

D  What kind of person should I be?

A  be selfish.

B  be unconcerned with the well-being of others.

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

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

A  doing so maximizes overall utility.

B  doing so is commanded by God.

C  we have explicitly consented to do so.

D  we have tacitly consented to do so.

A  there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.

B  all of the laws are easy to understand.

C  there is no government.

D  no one ever breaks one’s agreements.

A  ensure that the choices of the contractors are fair.

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

C  prevent people from invading one another’s privacy.

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

A  John Stuart Mill.

B  Aristotle.

C  Thomas Hobbes.

D  Immanuel Kant.

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

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

C  every possible course of action ends up harming everyone.

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

A  they do not violate any agreements.

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

C  they do not violate anyone’s rights.

D  everyone agrees that they are right.

A  psychological

B  sociological

C  philosophical

D  political