ETHC 232 Week 2 Quiz

ETHC 232 Week 2 Quiz | Devry University

1. Which of the following people took the biggest shortcut to come to a view on a particular issue?

·         A person who read the views of authorities and sorted out irrelevancies

·         A person who made some inquiry, which was less than exhaustive and inadequate

·         A person who despised authority and took the ultimate shortcut

·         A person who ignored all inquiry on the assumption that their intuition is infallible

True or false: The majority view is always the wisest or the most informed view.

 

2. Identify the statement that best illustrates the majority view.

·         49 percent of a school's pupil want a democratic method for electing student representatives.

·         51 percent of a college's students want stricter emigration laws.

·         25 percent of a company's board is in favor of firing its president.

·         33 percent of a community's people want frequent police patrolling in their locality.

True or false: A more penetrating view of actions during war shows a willingness to consider similarities and differences among wars and to consider the dilemma faced by people during wartime.

 

3. The majority of people within a suburban area favor making changes to social security. Catherine wants to study how individuals within this area think about the issue. Which statement best reflects what you would expect Catherine to find from her study?

·         Actual knowledge of the issue varied widely among the individuals.

·         All individuals in the group disagree with the idea of social security.

·         Actual knowledge of the issue remained similar among the individuals.

·         All individuals in the group agree with the idea of social security.

 

4. Which among the following arguments best supports the view that the majority view is less than perfect?

·         If humanity can disagree on the universality of some moral values, ethics is irrelevant in the context of modern society.

·         If 1 percent or 49 percent of the population can be shallow or prejudiced in their view of an issue, so can 51 or 99 percent.

·         If 1 percent or 49 percent of the population can be objective in their view of an issue, so can 51 or 99 percent.

·         When each person has an individual set of moral values, the purpose of the majority view is nonexistent.

 

5. In terms of having actual knowledge on a particular issue, which individual represents the majority?

·         Douglas is well informed about all details.

·         Cadence is partly informed and partly ignorant.

·         Luke is completely uninformed but aware of his ignorance.

·         Tamara is completely uninformed yet unaware of her ignorance.

 

 

 

Who among the following is most likely to have taken the ultimate shortcut while considering their view on a particular issue?

·         A person who ignored all inquiry on the assumption that their intuition is infallible

·         A person who made some inquiry, which was less than exhaustive and inadequate

·         A person who weighed all possible interpretations of the facts

·         A person who read the views of authorities and sorted out irrelevancies

·         A person who ignored all inquiry on the assumption that their intuition is infallible

 

6. Majority is nothing more than _____ percent or more of the individuals in a group.

·         51

·         33

·         49

·         25

 

7. The history of slavery can be used to demonstrate the fallacy in allowing _____ to determine right and wrong.

·         value of social independence

·         consequence of an action

·         majority view

·         religious faith

 

8. Identify the aspects that make a view much more penetrating than others. (Select all that apply.)

·         A view that is devoid of reasoning and dependent on emotions

·         A view that shows the willingness to consider the differences as well as the similarities

·         A view that demonstrates an awareness of the dilemma faced by particular people who must make a moral decision

·         A view that reveals the sensitivity to important distinctions

·         A view that shows the willingness to consider the differences as well as the similarities

·         A view that demonstrates an awareness of the dilemma faced by particular people who must make a moral decision

·         A view that reveals the sensitivity to important distinctions

 

True or false: Majority ignorance is less common than majority wisdom.

 

9. Samantha conducts a study of a random sample of the population about the beliefs of people regarding homosexuality. Data suggest that she can expect the largest group of people in her study to be which among these four?

·         completely uninformed but aware of their ignorance

·         partly informed and partly ignorant

·         well informed about all details

·         completely uninformed yet unaware of their ignorance

 

10. The majority view may be the only one a(n) _____ society can follow in its procedures of representative government.

·         oligarchic

·         autocratic

·         communistic

·         Democratic

 

11 .Which of the following people took the biggest shortcut to come to a view on a particular issue?

·         A person who ignored all inquiry on the assumption that their intuition is infallible

·         A person who made some inquiry, which was less than exhaustive and inadequate

·         A person who despised authority and took the ultimate shortcut

·         A person who read the views of authorities and sorted out irrelevancies

 

11. If the majority's moral perspective cannot err, then the religious persecution that drove the early colonists to the American continent were _____.

·         both virtues and vices

·         not vices but virtues

·         neither vices nor virtues

·         not virtues but vices

 

True or false: A more penetrating view of actions during war shows a willingness to consider similarities and differences among wars and to consider the dilemma faced by people during wartime.

 

12. Why is the majority counsel not necessarily the counsel of wisdom?

·         The possibility of similar views is eliminated.

·         There is not enough representation of the people.

·         There is too much room in it for irrationality and self-deception.

·         The possibility of contradicting views is eliminated.

 

13.How should people develop an informed view on a particular subject?

·         People should examine each issue and embrace the most reasonable view.

·         People should seldom involve reasoning in deciding their view on a particular subject.

·         People should irrationally choose a view that appeals to them the most.

·         People should let their emotions decide their view on a particular subject.

 

14. The majority view may be the only one a(n) _____ society can follow in its procedures of representative government.

·         communistic

·         democratic

·         autocratic

·         oligarchic

 

15.What is the best way to react to the views of majorities?

·         People should embrace them without reasoning but resist the temptation to accept them uncritically.

·         People should give them careful consideration but resist the temptation to accept them uncritically.

·         People should give them careful consideration and accept them uncritically.

·         People should ignore them but seldom accept them uncritically.

 

16.How should people develop an informed view on a particular subject?

·         People should let their emotions decide their view on a particular subject.

·         People should examine each issue and embrace the most reasonable view.

·         People should seldom involve reasoning in deciding their view on a particular subject.

·         People should irrationally choose a view that appeals to them the most.