Ethics Chapter 1: The Nature of Morality

The most important moral issues arise for most ethicist when human beings come together in ___________. a.) harmony b.) religions c.) social groups d.) matrimony

C

Who said that morality was bound up with the function of a human being? a.) Sophocles b.) Jacques Thiroux c.) Aristotle d.) Bill Clinton

C

A cat toys with a live mouse throwing it in the air and dragging it along by its tail. After one it leaves it to die on the floor. Is this _____________? a.) immoral b.) amoral c.) non-moral d.) moral

C

"Human beings should always act in the interests of others." Is this _____________. a.) descriptive b.) Prescriptive c.) analytic d.) metaethical

B

If human being are the source of value, then morality is ____________. a.) supernatural b.) natural c.) objective d.) subjective

B

According to the author of the text, moral conflicts can be resolved through _______________. a.) religion b.) tradition c.) social acceptability d.) rational compromise

D

Philosophers demand in general that beliefs, propositions, and ideas be examined ___________. a.) according to tradition b.) without evaluation c.) with the Bible in hand d.) critically

D

Why, according to the author of the textbook, should humans be moral? a.) self interest b.) law c.) tradition d.) common human needs

D

Ethics is _______________. a.) the study of knowledge b.) the study of the nature or reality c.) the study of human behavior d.) the study of right and wrong e.) the study of what is socially acceptable

D.

Goodness is ____________. a.) that which brings happiness and pleasure b.) excellence c.) harmony and creativity d.) whatever i say it is e.) defined by God f.) a combination of a,b, and C

F.

T/F Atheists cannot be moral

False

T/F Ethics is solely concerned with the question "what is knowledge"?

False

T/F I already know right from wrong

False

T/F Morality cannot be either true or false

False

T/F Morality is a sub-field of religion

False

T/F Morality is the same as law and custom

False

Where does morality come from?

Parents peers laws supernatural beings

T/F Ethics is the study of human conduct and human values.

True

T/F Philosophical morality is the study of right and wrong actions and good and bad persons.

True

T/F Philosophy means "love of wisdom"

True

T/F There are two major approaches to the study of morality

True