Question 1

Unless an ethical theory is well-confirmed morally, it is unacceptable. Moral confirmation includes:

Accepted Answer

A)  saying something about everything in morality. 
B)  being useful in real-life applications. 
C)  helping us understand what makes something right or wrong. 
D)  agreeing with our deepest moral intuitions. 
A)  saying something about everything in morality. 
B)  being useful in real-life applications. 
C)  helping us understand what makes something right or wrong. 
D)  agreeing with our deepest moral intuitions. D

Question 2

Suppose a computer program could immediately answer any of our questions about what is good or bad, right or wrong with perfect accuracy, but not do anything else. This program would lack

Accepted Answer

A)  moral confirmation. 
B)  explanatory power. 
C)  practicability. 
D)  completeness. 
A)  moral confirmation. 
B)  explanatory power. 
C)  practicability. 
D)  completeness. B

Question 3

If a moral theory starts telling us what we must wear or gives us other morally irrelevant prescriptions, then it has a problem with

Accepted Answer

A)  moral confirmation. 
B)  explanatory power. 
C)  practicability. 
D)  completeness. 
A)  moral confirmation. 
B)  explanatory power. 
C)  practicability. 
D)  completeness. A

Question 4

"How do people form their beliefs about moral right and wrong?" and "What makes something right or wrong?" ultimately ask the same thing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

A moral theory that approves torturing innocents or allows widespread dishonesty would fail at which criterion?

Accepted Answer

A)  completeness. 
B)  practicability. 
C)  explanatory power. 
D)  moral confirmation. 
A)  completeness. 
B)  practicability. 
C)  explanatory power. 
D)  moral confirmation.

Question 6

Practicability requires that an ethical theory achieve all of the following, except

Accepted Answer

A)  provide clear, not vague guidance. 
B)  be useful to us even with our limited knowledge. 
C)  tell us what makes things right or wrong. 
D)  resolve dilemmas. 
A)  provide clear, not vague guidance. 
B)  be useful to us even with our limited knowledge. 
C)  tell us what makes things right or wrong. 
D)  resolve dilemmas.

Question 7

One of the aspects of practicability has to do with a theory's providing moral guidance that is clear, precise, and not overly vague.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

An acceptable ethical theory should have good explanatory power. This amounts to:

Accepted Answer

A)  saying something about everything in morality. 
B)  being useful in real-life applications. 
C)  helping us understand what makes something right or wrong. 
D)  agreeing with our deepest moral intuitions. 
A)  saying something about everything in morality. 
B)  being useful in real-life applications. 
C)  helping us understand what makes something right or wrong. 
D)  agreeing with our deepest moral intuitions.

Question 9

Suppose a theory generates prescriptions that directly conflict with each other yet gives no way to determine which should be followed. This theory has a problem with

Accepted Answer

A)  completeness. 
B)  practicability. 
C)  explanatory power. 
D)  moral confirmation. 
A)  completeness. 
B)  practicability. 
C)  explanatory power. 
D)  moral confirmation.

Question 10

It is more important for an ethical theory to address how people form their moral beliefs than what makes something right or wrong.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Unless an ethical theory is well-confirmed morally, it is unacceptable. Moral confirmation includes:

Suppose a computer program could immediately answer any of our questions about what is good or bad, right or wrong with perfect accuracy, but not do anything else. This program would lack

If a moral theory starts telling us what we must wear or gives us other morally irrelevant prescriptions, then it has a problem with

"How do people form their beliefs about moral right and wrong?" and "What makes something right or wrong?" ultimately ask the same thing.

A moral theory that approves torturing innocents or allows widespread dishonesty would fail at which criterion?

Practicability requires that an ethical theory achieve all of the following, except

One of the aspects of practicability has to do with a theory's providing moral guidance that is clear, precise, and not overly vague.

An acceptable ethical theory should have good explanatory power. This amounts to:

Suppose a theory generates prescriptions that directly conflict with each other yet gives no way to determine which should be followed. This theory has a problem with

It is more important for an ethical theory to address how people form their moral beliefs than what makes something right or wrong.

Part I-Introduction: Theory and Practice

Part III-Introduction: Applied Ethics

Morals and Values

Moral Relativism

Autonomy, Moral Agency, and Self-Identity

Making Moral Judgments

Psychology and Morality

Egoism

Consequentialism Act Utilitarianism

Consequentialism Rule Utilitarianism

Deontology

Natural Law Theory

Social Contracts and Rights

Virtue Ethics

Feminism and Care Ethics

Ethics and Religion

Medical Ethics Futility

Organizational Ethics Whistleblowing

Environmental Ethics Pollution and Resource Use

Obligations to Future Generations

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Exam 1: Part II-Introduction: Ethical Theories and Perspectives

Unless an ethical theory is well-confirmed morally, it is unacceptable. Moral confirmation includes:

Suppose a computer program could immediately answer any of our questions about what is good or bad, right or wrong with perfect accuracy, but not do anything else. This program would lack

If a moral theory starts telling us what we must wear or gives us other morally irrelevant prescriptions, then it has a problem with

"How do people form their beliefs about moral right and wrong?" and "What makes something right or wrong?" ultimately ask the same thing.

A moral theory that approves torturing innocents or allows widespread dishonesty would fail at which criterion?

Practicability requires that an ethical theory achieve all of the following, except

One of the aspects of practicability has to do with a theory's providing moral guidance that is clear, precise, and not overly vague.

An acceptable ethical theory should have good explanatory power. This amounts to:

Suppose a theory generates prescriptions that directly conflict with each other yet gives no way to determine which should be followed. This theory has a problem with

It is more important for an ethical theory to address how people form their moral beliefs than what makes something right or wrong.

Part I-Introduction: Theory and Practice

Part III-Introduction: Applied Ethics

Morals and Values

Moral Relativism

Autonomy, Moral Agency, and Self-Identity

Making Moral Judgments

Psychology and Morality

Egoism

Consequentialism Act Utilitarianism

Consequentialism Rule Utilitarianism

Deontology

Natural Law Theory

Social Contracts and Rights

Virtue Ethics

Feminism and Care Ethics

Ethics and Religion

Medical Ethics Futility

Organizational Ethics Whistleblowing

Environmental Ethics Pollution and Resource Use

Obligations to Future Generations

Filters