Philosophy 1330 - Ethics » Summer 2021 » Quiz 4 Moral Theories

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Question #1
Contractarianism originated as a __________ theory.
A.   political
B.   psychological
C.   philosophical
D.   sociological
Question #2
Contractarianism states that actions are morally right if and only if
A.   everyone agrees that they are right.
B.   they do not violate anyone’s rights.
C.   they are permitted by rules that free, equal, and rational people would agree to live by.
D.   they do not violate any agreements.
Question #3
A prisoner’sdilemma is a situation in which
A.   all people benefit if all people pursue their short-term interests.
B.   every possible course of action ends up harming everyone.
C.   all people benefit if all people refrain from pursuing their short-term interests.
D.   there is no possible action that does not break the law.
Question #4
The founder of modern contractarianism is
A.   Thomas Hobbes.
B.   Immanuel Kant.
C.   John Stuart Mill.
D.   Aristotle.
Question #5
The purpose of Rawls’s “veil of ignorance” is to
A.   ensure that the choices of the contractors are fair.
B.   prevent people from invading one another’s privacy.
C.   prevent the immoral behavior that often results from higher education.
D.   remind us of how much we don’t know.
Question #6
For Hobbes, a well-ordered society is one in which
A.   there are reliable threats against breaking mutually beneficial rules.
B.   there is no government.
C.   all of the laws are easy to understand.
D.   no one ever breaks one’s agreements.
Question #7
Some contractarians believe that we all have a duty to obey the law because
A.   we have tacitly consented to do so.
B.   doing so maximizes overall utility.
C.   doing so is commanded by God.
D.   we have explicitly consented to do so.
Question #8
To be self-interested is to
A.   have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.
B.   be unconcerned with the well-being of others.
C.   be selfish.
D.   be selfish, be unconcerned with the well-being of others, and have a strong concern for how well you are faring in life.
Question #9
According to virtue ethics, the fundamental moral question is:
A.   What kind of person should I be?
B.   What is the right thing to do?
C.   What would benefit me most?
D.   What kinds of things are intrinsically good?
Question #10
In the West, virtue ethics traces its origins back to
A.   John Stuart Mill.
B.   W. D. Ross.
C.   Immanuel Kant.
D.   Aristotle.
Question #11
According to virtue ethics, actions are right just because
A.   there are good reasons to perform them.
B.   there are good reasons to perform them, they benefit everyone and harm no one, and they would be performed by a virtuous person.
C.   they benefit everyone and harm no one.
D.   they would be performed by a virtuous person.
Question #12
According to virtue ethics, emotions
A.   play a crucial role in moral understanding.
B.   would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.
C.   tend to make us violate our duties.
D.   are irrelevant to morality.
Question #13
Aristotle believed that virtue
A.   must be acquired through training and is guaranteed to make us happy.
B.   must be acquired through training.
C.   is guaranteed to make us happy.
D.   is inborn.
Question #14
Throughout most of history, Western philosophers have often
A.   made false and damaging claims about women, ignored female perspectives on ethical issues, and discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
B.   ignored female perspectives on ethical issues.
C.   made false and damaging claims about women
D.   discounted the philosophical interest of women’s experiences.
Question #15
Feminist ethics claims that
A.   men and women should always be treated the same, the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality, and there are no innate differences between men and women.
B.   the experiences of women are vital to a full understanding of morality.
C.   there are no innate differences between men and women.
D.   men and women should always be treated the same.
Question #16
Which feature of the moral life is highlighted by feminist ethics?
A.   the importance of vulnerability
B.   the importance of vulnerability, the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life, and the importance of dependence and connectedness to others
C.   the importance of dependence and connectedness to others
D.   the importance of not having control over important aspects of one’s life
Question #17
The moral theory that takes the mother/child relationship as a basis for ethics is known as
A.   ethical pluralism.
B.   maternalism.
C.   the ethic of procreation.
D.   the ethic of care.
Question #18
Carol Gilligan claimed that
A.   women are innately more compassionate than men.
B.   men tend to be more morally developed than women.
C.   all women share a common approach to morality.
D.   women tend to respond to moral conflict differently from men.
Question #19
According to Aristotle, the ultimate good is
A.   eudaimonia.
B.   virtue.
C.   pleasure.
D.   continence.

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