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

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