Deck 3: Exploring Positive Science, Ethics, and Psychology

Question 1

Example for Positive science

A)Ethics
B)Logic
C)Aesthetics
D)None of these

Answer 1

None of these

Question 2

______ may be defined as a systematic and more or less complete body of knowledge about a particular set of related events or objects.

A)Science
B)Art
C)Ethics
D)Epistemology

Answer 2

Science

Question 3

Positive science 3

A)Describes the objects or phenomena
B)Judging the objects or phenomena
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a nor b

Answer 3

Describes the objects or phenomena

Question 4

Which among the following is the wrong statement

A)Normative sciences seek to determine Norms, Ideals, or Standards
B)Normative sciences are concerned with actual facts or their laws
C)Normative sciences are concerned with norms which regulate human life
D)Normative sciences are not systematic explanation of the causes and effects of

Question 5

Which among the following action is objects of moral judgment

A)Voluntary and habitual actions of rational persons
B)The actions of animals and phenomena of nature
C)Actions of children, insane persons and idiots
D)Actions done under coercion

Question 6

Ethics is deals with:

A)Voluntary Actions
B)Involuntary Actions
C)Non-Habitual Actions
D)Instinct Actions

Question 7

Find out an Ethical question:

A)What type of diet allows for the best athletic performance?
B)What is the most appropriate way to worship?
C)Is killing a murderer justified?
D)Are same-sex marriages constitutional?

Question 8

Ethics deals with:

A)What is
B)what ought to be
C)both a and b
D)neither a nor b

Question 9

______ tells us how we actually will.

A)Philosophy
B)Ethics
C)Psychology
D)Logic

Question 10

_________ teaches us how we ought to will

A)Ethics
B)Psychology
C)Logic
D)both a and b

Question 11

Psychology is a _____________ science

A)Normative
B)Positive
C)Ideal
D)Metaphysical

Question 12

___________ is a science of actual

A)Psychology
B)Ethics
C)Logic
D)Aesthetics

Question 13

Which among the following mental process deals with psychology

A)Knowing
B)Feeling
C)Willing
D)All of these

Question 14

The outstanding form of moral action 4

A)Ideo-motor action
B)Desire
C)Unconscious mental tendencies
D)Sense of duty

Question 15

A craving of an agent for the attainment of an object to relieve some want is:

A)Will
B)Desire
C)Motive
D)Intension

Question 16

It is a state of tension between the actual state of the self and the idea of a future state not yet realized:

A)Desire
B)Motive
C)Wish
D)Will

Question 17

A dominant desire is called

A)Wish
B)Will
C)Motive
D)Habit

Question 18

-------- is an effective desire

A)Will
B)wish
C)Motive
D)Conduct

Question 19

_________ induces us to act in a certain way.

A)Wish
B)Motive
C)Will
D)Desire

Question 20

The process of making a choice when there are different desires is called:

A)Desire
B)Willing
C)Deliberation
D)Wish

Question 21

The essential mark of _______ is that the whole character or personality is involved in the act

A)Willing
B)Desire
C)Deliberation
D)Wish

Question 22

A philosophical term of art for a particular sort of capacity of rational agents to choose a course of action from among various alternatives:

A)Free will
B)Moral responsibility
C)Character
D)Conduct

Question 23

If human actions are completely determined by _________, it is not free will.

A)reason
B)moral imperative
C)circumstances
D)All these

Question 24

The force of will leads to _________.

A)Action
B)inaction
C)result
D)wish

Question 25

Who is the advocator of 'freedom of will'

A)David Hume
B)J.S.Mill
C)Kant
D)None of these