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HU245 Ethics

Unit 1 Quiz   

Question 1          Ethics is __________________.

the study of knowledge

the study of the nature of reality

the study of human behavior

the study of right and wrong

the study of what is socially acceptable

Question 2          Goodness is

that which brings happiness and pleasure

excellence

harmony and creativity

whatever I say it is

a combination of that which brings happiness, pleasure, excellence, harmony, and creativity

Question 3A cat toys with a live mouse throwing it the air and dragging it along by its tail. After 1 hour, the cat leaves the mouse to die on the floor. This would be considered ____________ behavior.

immoral

amoral

non-moral

moral

Question 4          “Human beings should always act in the interests of others.” This statement is considered to be

descriptive

prescriptive

analytic

metaethical

Question 5          Who said that morality was bound up with the function of a human being?

Sophocles

Jacques Thiroux

Your instructor

Aristotle

 Question 6         The most important moral issues arise for most ethicists when human beings come together in

harmony

religion

social groups

matrimony

Question 7          If human beings are the source of value, then morality is

supernatural

natural

objective

subjective

Question 8          In general, philosophers demand that beliefs, propositions, and ideas be examined

according to tradition

without evaluation

with the Bible in hand

critically

Question 9          Moral conflicts can be resolved through

religion

tradition

social acceptability

rational compromise

Question 10        Why should humans be moral?

Self-interest

Law

Tradition

Common human needs