Deck 2: Exploring the Foundations of Ethics

Question 1

Gita teaches --------

A)karma yoga
B)bhakti yoga
C)jnana yoga
D)all of these

Answer 1

all of these

Question 2

------- believe in the law of Karma

A)hinduism
B)buddhism
C)jainism
D)all of these

Answer 2

all of these

Question 3

The process of making a choice when there are different desires

A)wish
B)will
C)deliberation
D)none of these

Answer 3

wish

Question 4

According to Buddhism --------- is the means to the cessation of suffering

A)astanga marga
B)karma
C)bhakti
D)none of these

Question 5

When the wish is actually carried out , it becomes ----------

A)will
B)desire
C)choice
D)deliberation

Question 6

Rights and Duties define the ethical duties of the ---------

A)individual
B)citizen
C)ministers
D)president

Question 7

Ethical skepticism is the position of ---------

A)hegel
B)hume
C)j s mill
D)carnap

Question 8

--------- is the normative description of human conduct

A)psychology
B)ethics
C)philosophy
D)sociology

Question 9

The subject matter of ethics is ________.

A)Human conduct
B)Ultimate truth
C)Knowledge
D)Reality

Question 10

The Greek term from which _________ is derived means 'custom or 'habit'.

A)Morality
B)Psychology
C)Education
D)Ethics

Question 11

The word 'Ethics' is derived from the Greek adjective …………

A)ethica
B)mores
C)rectus
D)psych

Question 12

Ethics deals with the "____________ of human beings living in societies."

A)Conduct
B)Duties
C)Rights
D)Desires

Question 13

The term 'Right' is derived from the Latin word rectus, meaning:

A)'Straight' or 'according to rule'
B)Habits or customs
C)Supreme end
D)Ideal in life

Question 14

'First Philosophy' refers to:

A)Aesthetics
B)Metaphysics
C)Epistemology
D)Ethics

Question 15

Which among the following is wrong definition of Ethics?

A)Ethics is the science of customs and habits of men
B)Ethics is the science of character and conduct of animals
C)Ethics is the science of rightness and wrongness of human conduct
D)Ethics is the science of the highest end or purpose of human life.

Question 16

Which Ideal is concerned with Ethics?

A)Truth
B)Beauty
C)Good
D)Spirituality

Question 17

Which aspect of our conscious life dealt with Ethics

A)Knowing
B)Feeling
C)Willing
D)Dreaming

Question 18

Ethics as a normative science deals with the __________ of human conduct.

A)ideas
B)standards
C)betterment
D)emotions

Question 19

Which among the following is the correctstatement

A)Ethics is a Practical Science
B)Ethics is a Positive Science
C)Ethics is an Art
D)Ethics is a Normative Science

Question 20

Which among the following is the wrongstatement

A)Ethics is not Positive Science
B)Ethics is not Normative Science
C)Ethics is not a Practical Science
D)Ethics is not an Art

Question 21

A _________ teaches us to know how to do.

A)Positive science
B)Normative science
C)Practical Science
D)Natural Science

Question 22

Which among is the following is the correct statement

A)Ethics is a theoretical science
B)Ethics is a practical Science
C)Ethics is an art
D)Ethics is the study of actions of animals

Question 23

Ethics is:

A)a part of Science
B)a part of Philosophy
C)a part of Psychology
D)a part of Art

Question 24

Normative science deals with:

A)Facts
B)Values
C)Nature
D)what is

Question 25

Positive science deals with:

A)Facts
B)Values
C)Good
D)what ought to be