Week 2 Quiz The Trolley Problem & Relativism

A  relativism

B  ethics

C  egoism

D  utilitarianism

A  morally permissible infanticide

B  male domination

C  disregard for the life of elders

D  volatile marriage

A  Consquentialism and Deontology

B  Hedonism and Virtue

C  Egoism and Communalism

D  Action and Inaction

A  There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society’s code as better than another’s. There are no moral truths that hold for all people at all times.

B  The moral code of our own society has no special sta- tus; it is but one among many.

C  Different societies have different moral codes.

D  It is arrogant for us to judge other cultures. We should always be tolerant of them.

E  The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society; that is, if the moral code of a society says that a certain action is right, then that action is right, at least within that society.

A  relativism 

B  ethics

C  egoism

D  utilitarianism

E  morality

A  It is easier to convince people from different cultures what is right or wrong.

B  We could no longer criticize the code of our own society.

C  We could no longer say that the customs of other societies are morally inferior to our own.

D  The idea of moral progress is called into doubt.

A  That there is no such thing as right or wrong.

B  That we need to protect morality from relativism.

C  That the ends always justify the means

D  To be open-minded about other cultures.

A  ethics

B  relativism 

C  morality 

D  utilitarianism 

A  a pandemic virus

B  Public Housing Design

C  a surgeon operating on organ donors 

D  Self-driving car

A  Trick question, he doesn’t actually bring up excision in this chapter.

B  To show that all moral actions are always equally moral.

C  To demonstrate how religion is the key to solving moral disputes.

D  To provide an example of a moral act that most people across cultures would argue is always wrong.