SUSS SCO 101 PCOQ

Which option is not a feature of moral dilemmas?

A person needs to carry out moral reasoning to arrive at a decision about what to do in a situation.

According to Dambisa Moya and Angus Deaton, we should stop aid to developing countries because i) It is neo-colonialism ii) It chokes off economic growth iii) It can lead to brain drain iv) It creates little incentives to create jobs

All of the above.

Which of the following are important to consider for the formula of humanity? i) Autonomy ii) Rational will iii) Consent

All of the above.

Which of the following are reasons why ordinary and normal people are capable of immense evil? i) They do not think about what makes something right or wrong. ii) They do not question authority (whether authority refers to a law, institution, norms or a group of people). iii) They are apathetic. iv) They lack the moral courage to make a stand. v) They desire to fit in.

All of the above.

Which of the following is required for carrying out moral reasoning? i) Justifying one's moral claims. ii) Assessing reasons for their moral relevance. iii) Identifying moral values for consideration. iv) Clarifying which matters are moral concerns.

All of the above.

Which of the following statements correct describe the formula of universalizability? i) A moral rule should not contain contradictions. ii) A moral rule should guide everyone's action without exception. iii) A moral rule should be applicable under all possible circumstances.

All of the above.

Which of the following best describe rule-utilitarianism?

An act is morally justified if it conforms to a moral rule that creates more utility than other possible rules or no rules.

Which of the following statements best describes what an act utilitarian would do to determine how one should act in a given situation?

Consider the pains and pleasure resulting from possible actions.

For Kant, how does one determine if an act follows from moral law?

Formulate an act into a rule, generalize the rule into a universal law, and postulate if there can be a coherent situation if everyone act in accordance to this universal law.

According to Angus Deaton, which of the following is an unlikely reason why countries that do not receive foreign aid tend to have higher growth?

Governments in these countries tax their citizens to sponsor their rule.

Kant will consider a cheerful philanthropist to lack moral worth because

His will to help others in need does not stem from duty alone but his natural inclination.

In Garret Hardin's lifeboat ethics, the tragedy of the commons occurs because

Human beings are less than perfect for voluntary restraints to work.

Which of the following assumptions must be correct for Kant?

Humans are rational beings and the exercise of our reasoning allows us to determine our own will independent from our desires and inclinations.

If I want to get a good job, I need to study hard. In doing so, I am following a

Hypothetical imperative

Which of the following can be consider a constrain of utilitarianism?

It ignores individual rights.

Which option best describe what moral reasoning is?

It is a form reasoning over moral matter that involve a judgement based on moral values with reason to support it.

Lying is morally impermissible for Kant because

It is incoherent when it is generalised for everyone.

A woman finds a bag containing $10,000 on a bench. There are no surveillance cameras nor people in vicinity. Instead of keeping the money for herself, she decides to bring it to a police station. Which theory or principle best describes the woman's actions?

Kantian Ethics

Which of the following statements is a normative statement?

Korean drama serials are better than American drama serials.

Which option is the most accurate?

Legal judgments can be immoral.

John Stuart Mill's utilitarianism differs from Jeremy Bentham's utilitarianism is that

Mill believed that we should measure both the quantitative and qualitative aspect of happiness.

Which of the following statements best describe act-utilitarianism?

Moral judgement are made by considering the consequence of individual actions.

Which of the following is not a criticism of Kant's deontological ethics i) Kant's ethics lack specific content about what people should do. ii) Kant's ethics does not help resolve conflicts between duties. iii) Kant's ethics finds mortal worth in acts that are done from duty only. iv) Kant's ethics finds no moral worth in acts arising from emotions such as compassion and sympathy.

None of the above.

Which of the following is not a perfect duty according to Kant?

The duty of self improvement.

Which option is the correct definition of normative ethics?

The philosophical study of right and wrong, and what should or should not be done.

Which of the following features of a developing society will the arguments against providing aid raised by Dambisa Moya and Angus Deaton not apply?

The presence of an effective civil society.

Which statement best describe utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism considers the greatest good for the greatest number of affected people.

Which of the following is not a criticism of utilitarianism?

Utilitarianism takes all living things into account when considering pleasure and pain.

Which of the following statements is a moral statement?

We should not murder as all lives are sacrosanct.

Which of the following is not a necessary features of effective altruism?

We should sacrifice our interests to help others.

A service-learning group member decides to withdraw from the project after 3 months. If you are a deontological ethicist, you would judge his action as right or wrong base on

What his intentions are for quitting.

Humans being are beings in their own ends when they

are autonomous in setting their own goals and making their own decisions.

Aid does more harm than good when it i) Creates reliance ii) Releases the government from political accountability iii) Creates awareness of human rights iv) Creates new material desires

i) & ii)

Peter Singer believes that we should not view our moral obligation as acts of duty distinct from acts of charity because i) It creates a moral difference between needy people that are near us and those who are further away. ii) It creates a moral difference in our moral obligations to needy people. iii) It creates a moral difference between those who perform their moral obligations from basis of duty and the basis of charity. iv) It creates a moral difference in how we view needs.

i) & ii)

Which of the following statements are correct for utilitarianism i) Pain and pleasure must be measurable. ii) Humans seek to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. iii) Pain and pleasure are subjective. iv) Individuals should maximize their own happiness or pleasure.

i) & ii)

Which of the following statements are correct for utilitarianism? i) Pain and pleasure must be measurable. ii) Humans seek to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. iii) Pain and pleasure are subjective. iv) Individuals should maximize their own happiness or pleasure.

i) & ii)

According to Michael Sandel, a good is corrupted when marketed if i) It undermines the end and norms of a practice. ii) There is implicit coercion presented by unfair circumstances. iii) The good that is marketized treats the individual as means to others' ends. iv) It erodes the ends and norm of a practice.

i), iii) & iv)

A categorical imperative

is an obligation existing independently of our desire.

Jeremy Bentham's felicifus calculus is meant to

measure the degree of pain and pleasure involved in an act so as to make a moral judgement.

The Harm Principle

states that an individual's freedom to act should be limited in certain circumstance.