QUESTION 1

Ayn Rand believed that one should set one's own interests asidein order to be ethical.

True

False

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QUESTION 2

The outcome of the Good Samaritan Experiment was in support ofthe claims in virtue ethics

True

False

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QUESTION 3

For Kant, human have inherent dignity because they have thecapacity to reason and discern right from wrong.

True

False

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QUESTION 4

Cultural relativism says that moral truth is universal.

True

False

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QUESTION 5

David Hume believed that sentiments got in the way of our moraldecisions.

True

False

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QUESTION 6

Altruism is the opposite of egoism.

True

False

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QUESTION 7

Kant is a moral absolutist.

True

False

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QUESTION 8

Divine command theory says that God decrees what is right andwrong.

True

False

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QUESTION 9

Cultural relativism says that there is no such thing asuniversal truth in ethics.

True

False

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QUESTION 10

Betrand Russell believed that the universe is a cold,meaningless place, devoid of value and purpose.

True

False

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QUESTION 11

Plato's Symposium contains a discussion that askes whetherconduct is right because the gods command it, or doe the godscommand it because it is right?

True

False

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QUESTION 12

Virtue is a commendable trait of character manifested inhabitual action.

True

False

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QUESTION 13

Simple subjectivism cannot account for moral disagreement.

True

False

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QUESTION 14

According to cultural relativism, it is wrong for Eskimos to eattheir babies.

True

False

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QUESTION 15

Natural Law states that there is a rational order to theuniverse.

True

False

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QUESTION 16

The following is an example of an argument from nature (i.e.based on nature), the \"purpose' of the eyes is to see, therefore itis wrong to use one's eyes to flirt.

True

False

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QUESTION 17

One of the problems with Natural Law theory is that it seems toconfuse the \"is\" and \"ought\" distinction.

True

False

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QUESTION 18

The categorial imperative is central to virtue ethics.

True

False

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QUESTION 19

If you act out of duty, then you are followingutilitarianism.

True

False

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QUESTION 20

Jeremy Bentham and Peter Singer have nothing in common.

True

False

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QUESTION 21

Ethical egoism says that we are born with self-interest.

True

False

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QUESTION 22

In utilitarianism the goal is to produce the greatest overallbalance of happiness over unhappiness.

True

False

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QUESTION 23

Psychological egoism is the normative theory of ethics that saysthat the \"right\" thing to do is always self-interest.

True

False

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QUESTION 24

One of the problems with virtue ethics is making sense ofsituations wherein someone might be courageous in an unethicalendeavor.

True

False

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QUESTION 25

The minimum conception of morality states that, at the veryleast, the effort to guide one's conduct by emotion--that is, towhat there are the best feelings for doing--while giving equalweight to the interests of each individual affected by one'saction.

True

False

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QUESTION 26

In all likelihood, John Stuart Mill would have support theargument for euthanasia based on utilitarianism.

True

False

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QUESTION 27

Moral consequences are important to Kant, but not Bentham.

True

False

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QUESTION 28

Ethical subjectivism says that morality is based on universalmoral code.

True

False

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QUESTION 29

Virtue ethics says that moral character can determine ethicalquestions.

True

False

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QUESTION 30

An argument for the legalization of marijuana cannot be madeusing utilitarianism.

True

False

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QUESTION 31

One of the problems with divine command theory is that it seemsto suggest that morality is arbitrary.

True

False

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QUESTION 32

\"Way to go, Peyton!\" is a factual statement and not anexpression of the speaker's attitude.

True

False

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QUESTION 33

Thomas Hobbes believed that human nature was good and that wecould get by without laws and police.

True

False

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QUESTION 34

Cowardliness is a lack of courage.

True

False

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QUESTION 35

The prisoner's dilemma is a thought experiment that supports theimportance of social contract theory.

True

False

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QUESTION 36

John Mackie was an objectivist who believed in the power offacts in ethics.

True

False

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QUESTION 37

The benefits argument states, if we can benefit someone withoutharming anyone else, we ought to do so.

True

False

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QUESTION 38

Aristotle's Golden Mean says that virtue lies between twoextremes (excess and deficiency).

True

False

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QUESTION 39

Kant believes that right actions are the ones that produce themost good.

True

False

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QUESTION 40

Kant was a Christian, but did not make an argument based onreligious supposition.

True

False