Complete the mcq:
1. Ethics is the study of
Student Answer: propositional knowledge.
right and wrong.
beauty.
culture.
2. One studies ethics because
Student Answer: it provides insight into moral problems.
It solves all moral problems.
It causes migraine headaches.
It makes one more popular.
3. A philosophical argument should involve
Student Answer: yelling.
Hurt feelings.
Evidence or reasons.
anger.
4. Philosophers suggest arguments should be won by
Student Answer: the best argument.
a coin flip.
The person who feels most strongly about the issue.
Violence.
5. Different ethical theories
Student Answer: can never offer useful information.
Must always contradict each other.
Can agree that certain acts are morally justified.
Always agree that certain acts are morally justified.
6. Deontology argues that correct moral rules are
Student Answer: confusing.
Necessary.
Unimportant.
Based on emotions.
7. An ethical egoist argues that you should do something if
Student Answer: it makes everyone better off.
It makes you better off.
It conforms to God's laws.
It is illegal.
8. Emotivism regards an act as moral for a person if that person
Student Answer: approves of the act.
disapproves of the act.
argues that it is justified by a rule.
argues that it supported by moral facts.
9. "Bivalence" refers to the idea that all sentences are
Student Answer: true or false
True
false
misleading
10. The philosopher most closely identified with virtue ethics is
Student Answer: Immanuel Kant.
Socrates.
Spinoza.
Aristotle.