Ethics Exam 3 (personal)
Which of the following claims that the moral principles are never overridable?
Absolutist rule-deontology
The determining factor of morality for the deontologist is the:
Act
if a proposition is self-evident this means
It is not inferred
Of the following, who embraces a broad interpretation of natural law?
Lewis
According to Kant, breaking a promise is
Never permissible
According to Kant, what is the only thing that is good without qualification?
None of the above
Any theory of morality asserting that the rightness of an action is determined by its conformity to duty is
None of the above
Which of the following was an Intuitionist?
None of the above
According to Kant, if a maxim can be universalized without contradiction it is
Permissible
The categorical Imperative is a philosophical expression of
The Golden Rule
the determining factor of morality for aretaic theory is the
agent
virtue based theories:
all of the above
Any theory of morality asserting that the rightness of an action is determined by one's character is
aretaic
According to Aristotle, happiness is the sole (only) good in life
false
According to Aristotle, the mean is praiseworthy and the extremes are blameworthy.
false
According to Aristotle, the ultimate good in life is virtue
false
According to Aristotle, with regard to honor and dishonor the mean is "high mindedness"
false
According to Kant, although the moral principles are self-evident upon reflection, they are not absolute
false
According to Kant, empirical principles (principles based on experience) serve as the foundation for moral laws.
false
According to Kant, one can determine morality by imitating examples.
false
According to Kant, sometimes it is permissible to lie.
false
According to Kant, the supreme principle of morality is the heteronomy of the will.
false
According to Rashdall, intuitionism asserts that actions are right or wrong by referring their consequences
false
According to Rashdall, intuitionists must believe that their moral judgements are infallible (are always correct)
false
According to kant, if a maxim cannot be universalized without contradiction then it is obligatory.
false
According to rashdall, self-evident truths are truths that are evident to all
false
According to ross, duties of fidelity (keeping promises) always override all other duties.
false
According to rule-deontologists, rules are NEVER determined by their consequences.
false
Action based theories reject the virtues
false
An internal difficulty with Kant's theory of morality is that there is no objective way to evaluate and rank happiness or pleasure.
false
Aretaic theories are also known as imperative theories
false
Categorical means "conditional"
false
Courage is the opposite extreme from cowardice
false
One of the problems for virtue-based theories is that in order to determine the virtues one must know the future
false
Ross's duties appear to be the principles of a narrow understanding of natural law.
false
Self-evident propositions are incapable of proof
false
Self-evident propositions are known immediately
false
Self-evident propositions cannot be denied
false
The Categorical Imperative is good only as a means to something else.
false
The determining factor of morality for the deontologist is the consequence of action.
false
The traditional view of morality is that if a maxim is universalizable, then it is a moral principle.
false
The traditional view of morality is that universalizability is a sufficient condition for morality.
false
The virtues are determined by identifying that which results iin the greatest amount of happiness for the greatest number of people.
false
Whereas action-based theories stress "being". virtue-based theories stress "doing"
false
aretaic theories are never naturalistic
false
the phrase prima facia means
first face
Which of the following is not an internal difficulty faced by Kant's Categorical Imperative?
greatest happiness
According to ross, the self-evident duties are analogous to:
mathematical/ logical truths
A moral theory asserting that moral principles are dominant and make up the core of morality and claim that the virtues are derived from moral principles is
nonaretaic
"act only according to the maxim by which you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law" is the:
none of the above
Kant appears to treat universalizability as a
sufficient condition for morality
A potential problem with pure-aretaic theories is that determining the virtues by the Golden Mean or ideal individual appears difficult if not impossible.
true
According to Aristotle, the most important factor for being happy is being virtuous.
true
According to Kant, every rational being exists as an end in himself.
true
According to ross, moral principles are conditional
true
An act deontologist claims that ones duty is determined apart from appealing to rules/principles
true
An immoral person can exhibit nonmoral virtues.
true
Deotological and teleological theories are both action-based theories
true
It is possible for act-utilitarian's and act-deontologist to agree as to the morality of an action (though for different reasons)
true
Kant is not clear as to what constitutes an instance of contradiction or stultification.
true
Kant was an absolutist
true
Kant's theory justifies actions intuitively considered immoral.
true
Kant's theory of morality is non-naturalistic
true
Kant's theory prohibits actions intuitively considered moral or nonmoral
true
Nonaretaic theories claim that virtues are derived from moral principles
true
One of the problems with natural law theory is that there is no agreement as to what constitutes human nature.
true
Rationality is a virtue
true
The determining factor of morality for an aretaic theorist is the agent
true
The term aretaic comes from the greek word arête meaning "excellence"
true
the moral virtues are those virtues which are incompatible with an immoral life
true
virtue based theories stress moral examples and/ or models.
true
