Question 1: Ethics is the study of
- propositional knowledge.
- right and wrong.
- beauty.
- culture.
Question 2: One studies ethics because
- it provides insight into moral problems.
- It solves all moral problems.
- It causes migraine headaches.
- It makes one more popular.
Question 3: A philosophical argument should involve
- yelling.
- Hurt feelings.
- Evidence or reasons.
- anger.
Question 4: Philosophers suggest arguments should be won by
- the best argument.
- a coin flip.
- The person who feels most strongly about the issue.
- Violence.
Question 5: Different ethical theories
- 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.
Question 6: Deontology argues that correct moral rules are
- confusing.
- Necessary.
- Unimportant.
- Based on emotions.
Question 7: An ethical egoist argues that you should do something if
- it makes everyone better off.
- It makes you better off.
- It conforms to God's laws.
- It is illegal.
Question 8: Emotivism regards an act as moral for a person if that person
- approves of the act.
- disapproves of the act.
- argues that it is justified by a rule.
- argues that it supported by moral facts.
Question 10: "Bivalence" refers to the idea that all sentences are
- true or false
- True
- false
- misleading
Question 11: The philosopher most closely identified with virtue ethics is
- Immanuel Kant.
- Socrates.
- Spinoza.
- Aristotle.