Philosophy 1330 - Ethics » Fall 2022 » Midterm Exam

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Question #1
According to Socrates (and many more philosophers) morality is basically about what?
A.   how to know what is right
B.   how we ought to live
C.   what is true and good
D.   utterly destroying your opponents at arguments
Question #2
The Trolley Problem demonstrates the tension between which two moral concepts?
A.   Hedonism and Virtue
B.   Egoism and Communalism
C.   Action and Inaction.
D.   Consquentialism and Deontology
Question #3
The concept called the Veil of Ignorance is primarily concerned with what?
A.   human pleasure
B.   justice
C.   utilitarianism
D.   human rights
Question #4
The normative ethical theory that says, "moral facts are just a different way of telling someone how they should feel about something" is called what?
A.   simple subjectivism
B.   deontological ethics
C.   ethical rhetoricalism
D.   Emotivism
Question #5
The study of morality is
A.   egoism
B.   relativism
C.   ethics
D.   utilitarianism
Question #6
Which philosopher said that morality is about feelings rather than reason?
A.   Jeremy Bentham
B.   Immanuel Kant
C.   David Hume
D.   Aristotle
Question #7
Our embodied storehouse of reasoned moral concepts that we use to make decisions about value, rightness, and goodness, is called the ___________ imagination.
A.   prime
B.   human
C.   moral
D.   ethical
Question #8
An argument is ________________, if the conclusion does not logically follow from the premises (even if the premises are true)
A.   simple
B.   correct
C.   invalid
Question #9
Which of the following imperatives does Jonathan Spelman NOT argue for in his essay on Environmental Ethics?
A.   We should reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
B.   We should advocate for the protection of endangered species.
C.   We should offset our remaining emissions after reducing them.
D.   We should advocate for climate-friendly policies and politicians. 
Question #10
The view called _______________________ is that humans are the only things that deserve moral consideration.
A.   rhetoricalism
B.   anthropocentrism
C.   emotivism
D.   subjectivism

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