PHI 302 Week 2 quiz

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Week 2 Quiz: Chapter 3

Question 1

"If it feels good do it" is a popular slogan associated with which moral theory?  

·         Rule nonconsequentialism  

·         Transcendentalism 

·         Act nonconsequentialism 

·         Egoism

 

Question 2

A weakness of nonconsequentialists is that they try to avoid  

·         the consequences of their rules or acts.    

·         the duties that all human beings have.  

·         the virtues in leading the good life.  

·         paying taxes like the rest of us.

 

Question 3

According to Kant, the only thing that is good without qualification is  

·         good results.  

·         good rules upon which to act.  

·         good will.    

·         good consequences.

 

Question 4

What is a presumed strength of Divine Command Theory?  

·         There is a standard above human reasoning.    

·         There is no rational foundation.  

·         Even if the rules are morally valid, there is no justification procedure for them. 

·         There is far too much divergence among religious people to make a determination of the rules with any confidence.

Question 5

Which is a complaint often made against intuitionism?  

·         There is an immediate sense of right and wrong.  

·         Intuitions, or moral ideas, preceded professional philosophy. 

·         There is no proof that we have an innate moral sense.    

·         Reasoning in morals is only a matter of confirming our intuitions.

 

Question 6

Which of the following is a strength of nonconsequentialist approaches?  

·         Rules are grounded in something other than consequences and/or cost-benefit analysis.   

·         Ignores consequences.  

·         There is division over which rules have precedence over others.  

·         Apparently shuts down moral discussion.

 

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of non-consequentialist ethical theories?  

·         Intuitionism  

·         Divine Command  

·         Deontological Ethics  

·         Prima Facie Ethics 

·         All of the above

 

Question 8

Who believes that reasoning in moral matters is usually used to confirm our more direct sense of right and wrong? 

·         Deontologists  

·         Care theorists  

·         Intuitionists    

·         Psychologists

 

 

Question 9

Who said that if you can't universalize your action then it is not moral?  

·         Socrates  

·         Jesus  

·         Joseph Fletcher  

·         Kant  

 

Question 10

Who said that making a promise was self evidently to create a moral claim on us?  

·         Immanuel Kant  

·         W. D. Ross  

·         Carol Gilligan  

·         Martha Stewart