Deck 5: Ethical Theories and Concepts of Duty, Self-Realisation, and Morality

Question 1

According to Kant duty as the fundamental concept of ethics, this view is called:

A)teleology
B)deontology
C)concequntalism
D)none of these

Answer 1

deontology

Question 2

Self- realisation is the highest good, this notion is known called:

A)perfectionism
B)utilitarianism
C)hedonism
D)none of these

Answer 2

perfectionism

Question 3

The Greek term eudemonia means:

A)perfection
B)goodness
C)happiness
D)virtue

Answer 3

happiness

Question 4

Perfectionism is also called:

A)intuitionism
B)eudemonism
C)formalism
D)hedonism

Question 5

'My station and its Duties' is related with:

A)sidgwick
B)f. h. bradley
C)bentham
D)kant

Question 6

'Ones duties relate to his own station in life' Who argues this?

A)sidgwick
B)bentham
C)f. h. bradley
D)kant

Question 7

According to F. H. Bradley, performance of duties appropriate to ones station will leads to :

A)perfection
B)happiness
C)pleasure
D)self- realisation

Question 8

F. H. Bradley argues that each member has a particular station in society determined by his peculiar

A)talent
B)happiness
C)virtue
D)none of these

Question 9

'His duties are determined by his station in society', Who said this?

A)sidgwick
B)bentham
C)f. h. bradley
D)kant

Question 10

F. H. Bradley asserts that, society is a----------------------

A)social organism
B)moral organism
C)cultural organism
D)none of these

Question 11

According to F. H. Bradley different ----------------- are organs of the moral organism

A)communities
B)sects
C)individuals
D)none of these

Question 12

The highest personal good is in harmony with the highest social good. - Who claims this notion?

A)sidgwick
B)f. h. bradley
C)bentham
D)kant

Question 13

F. H. Bradley claims that --------------- is never possible apart from society.

A)liberation
B)happiness
C)existence
D)self-realization

Question 14

According to F. H. Bradley personal morality apart from social morality is an ---------

A)abstraction
B)imperfection
C)intuitional
D)none of these

Question 15

Bradley means by self-realization, realization of the:

A)infinite self
B)finite self
C)life
D)none of these

Question 16

Bradley argues that morality is :

A)subjective
B)individualistic
C)personal
D)objective

Question 17

The hedonism of Herbert Spencer is called:

A)evolutionary hedonism
B)qualitative hedonism
C)quantitative hedonism
D)universalistic hedonism

Question 18

'Data of Ethics' is related with:

A)sidgwick
B)f. h. bradley
C)bentham
D)spencer

Question 19

Herbert Spencer deduces moral laws from:

A)natural laws
B)biological laws
C)sociological laws
D)none of these

Question 20

Who deduces hedonism from the law of biological evolution?

A)sidgwick
B)f. h. bradley
C)spencer
D)kant

Question 21

Spencer deduces hedonism from the law of:

A)sociological evolution
B)natural evolution
C)biological evolution
D)universal evolution

Question 22

Morality is a product of evolution- Who holds this view?

A)spencer
B)f. h. bradley
C)bentham
D)kant

Question 23

Spencer defines ---------------- as the adjustment of acts to ends.

A)good will
B)freedom
C)conduct
D)virtue

Question 24

'Pleasure in an index of increase of life; pain is an index of decrease of life' Who advocates this view?

A)sidgwick
B)f. h. bradley
C)spencer
D)kant

Question 25

'Pleasure-giving acts are life-sustaining; pain-giving acts are life-destroying'- Who holds this position?

A)sidgwick
B)f. h. bradley
C)kant
D)herbert spencer