Deck 8: Setting up a Moral System: Basic Assumptions and Basic Principles

Question 1

If you value a range of different goods you are an)

A)empiricist.
B)monist.
C)hedonist.
D)pluralist.

Answer 1

D

Question 2

One of the problems with a strict rules approach is that they do not tell us what to do in some situations.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The principles can be classified into general categories.

A)three
B)two
C)four
D)five

Answer 3

B

Question 4

According to the author there is no place for religion in moral thinking.

Question 5

What, according to the author, are some of the basic conflicting moral issues that need to be synthesized into one system?

A)pleasure and happiness
B)love and passion
C)feelings and emotions
D)consequentialism and nonconsequentialism

Question 6

The principle of individual freedom is not limited by anything otherwise it wouldn't be freedom.

Question 7

The basic assumptions or premises of a morality ought to include some reference to

A)reason.
B)animals.
C)love.
D)music.

Question 8

The most basic empirical principle of the system developed here is the

A)Principle of Justice.
B)Principle of Freedom.
C)Principle of Life.
D)Principle of Honesty.

Question 9

Putting the moral principles together forms a system called

A)Utilitarian ethics.
B)Situationist ethics.
C)Retributivist ethics.
D)Humanitarian ethics.

Question 10

The value of life principle means that abortion is wrong.

Question 11

The author's system of ethics is called utilitarianism because it tries to help others.

Question 12

If morals can't be taught then they're not applicable.

Question 13

Because everyone is different people must have some leeway to deal with these differences in a way that best suits them.This is the Principle of

A)Goodness.
B)Individual Freedom.
C)Self-Interest.
D)Justice.

Question 14

The principle of goodness means that what I think is good is right.

Question 15

To be applicable morals should be capable of being

A)agreed upon by everyone.
B)agreed upon by a select few.
C)agreed upon by no one.
D)agreed upon by some and taught to others.

Question 16

A moral system needs to deal consistently with

A)all human beings exclusively.
B)particular human beings exclusively.
C)the universal and the particular together.
D)none of the above.

Question 17

The most basic logical principle of the moral system developed here is the

A)Principle of Self-interest.
B)Principle of Goodness.
C)Principle of the Golden Rule.
D)Principle of Free Love.

Question 18

A basic assumption of any moral system ought to be the existence of God.

Question 19

One of the major problems in setting up a moral system is the conflict between self and other.

Question 20

For the author of this text, situation or context has no bearing on prioritizing the principles.