ETHC 445 Week 2 Quiz

ETHC 445 Week 2 Quiz | Devry University

Week 2: Quiz

Question 1

"Moral relativism" is the belief that decisions about right or wrong are purely personal.  

·         True

·         False

 Question 2

Aristotle bases his ethical approach for making ethical decisions on the use of and reliance on one's intuition.  

·         True 

·         False

 

Question 3

Ethical study functions on three levels, one of which is meta ethics.    

·         True  

·         False

 

Question 4

Virtue Ethics provides specific principles, such as to evaluate possible consequences,  to apply in making an ethical choice.  

·         True    

·         False

 

Question 5

A Virtue according to Aristotle is the mean between the excess and deficiency of a valued character trait such as "Courage". 

·         True 

·         False

 Question 6

Our textbook author believes that using feelings as a moral guide makes all behavior morally equivalent, Hitler's acts as being no better than Mother Theresa's.  

·         True  

·         False

 

 Question 7

St Aquinas advocated that ethical behavior is that which     

·         is grounded in a belief in God and is consistent with Divine Commands    

·         according to one's conscience does not lead one to feel shame or guilt   

·         is consistent with or promotes "natural law". 

·         those acts which provide the greatest amount of good for the greatest amount of people

 

 Question 8

John comes upon a mugger stealing from an elderly woman.  John knows nothing about how to handle such a situation.  He is also smaller than the mugger.   The mugger also has a gun.  John is unarmed.   According to Virtue Ethics, which of the following would be the deficiency in exercising the Virtue of Courage?  

·         Running away without doing anything to help the woman 

·         Attack the mugger  

·         Call the police  

·         Buy a gun and shoot it out with the mugger

 

 Question 9

Which of the following is an ethical principle according to our textbook?  More than one of the statements may be correct.  Choose all that are correct. 

·         Doing what you feel is the right course of action  

·         Treating others as you would treat yourself  

·         Letting each individual decide what is right for oneself  

·         Doing that which benefits the greatest number of people

 

 Question 10

Which of the following is a  guideline for making ethical decisions recommended by our textbook author?  

·         Find out all relevant facts    

·         All of these 

·         Be open minded

·         Be aware of your first impression

 

Question 11

Which of the following statements describes Aristotle's Virtue  Ethics?  More than one answer may be correct.  Choose all of these that are correct. 

·         Is the MEAN between excess and deficiency   

·         Determines what is right by evaluating possible consequences 

·         That one needs God's help to be virtuous   

·         Views "Courage" as a desirable Virtue

 

 Question 12

St Augustine explained that humans are inclined by their nature toward evil.  

·         True 

·         False

 

 Question 13

One of the guidelines recommended by our textbook author to use in making ethical decisions is to trust and ultimately go with your feelings. 

·         True   

·         False

 

 Question 14

St Aquinas taught that one needs to be of the Christian faith to come to finding and living according to God's "Natural Law".    

·         True  

·         False

Question 15

According to our textbook author, all choices that we make are ethical in nature.  

·         True   

·         False