Deck 3: Nonconsequentialist Deontologicaltheories of Morality

Question 1

A weakness of nonconsequentialists is that they try to avoid

A)the consequences of their rules or acts.
B)the duties that all human beings have.
C)the virtues in leading the good life.
D)paying taxes like the rest of us.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Which of the following is an example of non-consequentialist ethical theories?

A)Intuitionism
B)Divine Command
C)Deontological Ethics
D)Prima Facie Ethics
E)All of the above

Answer 2

E

Question 3

Who believes that reasoning in moral matters is usually used to confirm our more direct sense of right and wrong?

A)Deontologists
B)Care theorists
C)Intuitionists
D)Psychologists

Answer 3

C

Question 4

One of the most significant difficulties with prima facie duties is that it is difficult to establish which of them has priority over the others when there is conflict between two or more of them.

Question 5

On Kant's view, the ends can justify the means.

Question 6

Divine Command Theory is the view that self-interest, consequences, and motives are lower forms of ethical decision-making and therefore insufficient for ethical theory.

Question 7

According to Kant, the only thing that is good without qualification is

A)good results.
B)good rules upon which to act.
C)good will.
D)good consequences.

Question 8

Who said that making a promise was self evidently to create a moral claim on us?

A)Immanuel Kant
B)W.D.Ross
C)Carol Gilligan
D)Martha Stewart

Question 9

Which is a complaint often made against intuitionism?

A)There is an immediate sense of right and wrong.
B)Intuitions, or moral ideas, preceded professional philosophy.
C)There is no proof that we have an innate moral sense.
D)Reasoning in morals is only a matter of confirming our intuitions.

Question 10

For a Divine Command Theorist, the demands of a higher authority can be mitigated by human self-interest, concern for consequences, or human motivations.

Question 11

What is a presumed strength of Divine Command Theory?

A)There is a standard above human reasoning.
B)There is no rational foundation.
C)Even if the rules are morally valid, there is no justification procedure for them.
D)There is far too much divergence among religious people to make a determination of the rules with any confidence.

Question 12

"If it feels good do it" is a popular slogan associated with which moral theory?

A)Rule nonconsequentialism
B)Transcendentalism
C)Act nonconsequentialism
D)Egoism

Question 13

Nonconsequentialist theories of morality are based on a range of factors including the ends of our actions.

Question 14

Intuitionists believe that each of us has an immediate sense of right and wrong.

Question 15

The categorical imperative for Kant demands that you must follow absolute rules.

Question 16

Rule nonconsequentialism is the belief that only the rules of God are moral.

Question 17

The great Immanuel Kant thought that our inclinations were the best guide for morals.

Question 18

Who said that if you can't universalize your action then it is not moral?

A)Socrates
B)Jesus
C)Joseph Fletcher
D)Kant

Question 19

"Prima facie" duties are those duties that have no real obligation on us.

Question 20

Which of the following is a strength of nonconsequentialist approaches?

A)Rules are grounded in something other than consequences and/or cost-benefit analysis.
B)Ignores consequences.
C)There is division over which rules have precedence over others.
D)Apparently shuts down moral discussion.