Deck 1: Ethics and the Examined Life

Question 1

Things that are valuable because they are a means to something else are said to be:

A) intrinsically valuable
B) instrumentally valuable
C) nonmorally valuable
D) morally valuable

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases is known as:

A) applied ethics
B) metaethics
C) descriptive ethics
D) utilitarian ethics

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Something that is valuable in itself,rather than as a means to something else,is ________ valuable.

A) externally
B) inextricably
C) intrinsically
D) internally

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The principle of universalizability demands that a moral statement that applies in one situation must apply in:

A) all other situations
B) all situations involving the same people
C) no other situations
D) all other situations that are relevantly similar

Question 5

The ultimate purpose of doing normative ethics is to establish the soundness of moral norms,especially the norms embodied in a comprehensive moral system.

Question 6

Applied ethics involves the application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases.

Question 7

The principle of universalizability states that a moral principle or rule that applies in one situation must apply in all other situations that are relevantly similar.

Question 8

Descriptive ethics involves the systematic investigation of:

A) how people should behave
B) how people do in fact behave
C) what people should believe
D) how morality is derived from facts

Question 9

The idea that something is right only if God wills it to be so is known as:

A) morality
B) supernumerary ethics
C) divine command theory
D) ethics by fiat

Question 10

Descriptive ethics is usually conducted by:

A) sociologists, anthropologists, and psychologists
B) philosophers
C) private research groups
D) religious leaders

Question 11

Morality and ethics are different terms for the same thing.

Question 12

Another term for ethics is moral philosophy.

Question 13

Normative ethics is the study of the principles,rules,or theories that guide our actions and judgments.

Question 14

Morality is:

A) a set of laws governing attitudes and behavior
B) the goodness of one's character
C) the subjective sense of cultural norms
D) beliefs concerning right and wrong, good and bad

Question 15

If we wish to study the moral principles,rules,or theories that guide our actions and judgments,we must delve into:

A) descriptive ethics
B) metaethics
C) normative ethics
D) applied ethics

Question 16

According to the text,doing ethics involves-even requires-critical reasoning.

Question 17

Ethics,or moral philosophy,is:

A) the scientific study of morality
B) a branch of religion
C) the philosophical study of morality
D) the study of social mores

Question 18

Philosophers distinguish three major divisions in ethics:

A) real, imagined, applied
B) normal, mental, affirmative
C) abstract, concrete, meta
D) normative, meta, applied

Question 19

Ethics is the scientific study of morality.

Question 20

The scientific study of moral beliefs and practices is known as _______ ethics.

A) normative
B) meta
C) descriptive
D) critical

Question 21

Morality is both accessible and meaningful to us whether we are religious or not.

Question 22

There are never any good reasons for treating someone differently from the way we treat others.

Question 23

Racial discrimination violates the principle of impartiality.

Question 24

The principle of impartiality demands that we treat equals equally.

Question 25

All major religious thinkers have accepted the divine command theory.

Question 26

Many great religious thinkers have relied on reason to understand the truths of morality.

Question 27

Legal norms dominate moral norms.

Question 28

Religious believers have no need to do ethics.

Question 29

According to the divine command theory,right actions are those that are willed by God.