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

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