Deck : Part I Introduction: Theory and Practice

Question 1

Ethical theories

A) never conflict about anything.
B) always conflict about everything.
C) tend to conflict to some degree over what is right.
D) tend to conflict about everything, except what is right.

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is not true regarding ethical theories?

A) They attempt to explain what makes something morally good or right.
B) They can conflict with each other on certain points.
C) They attempt to provide some practical moral guidance.
D) They attempt to explain how government laws are established.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

Ethics and morality address

A) some important social problems.
B) certain personal issues.
C) Both of the above
D) Neither of the above

Answer 3

C

Question 4

Plato's Republic considers the role of morality in our lives and concludes that living a morally right life

A) is the only way to find happiness.
B) will not help us in this life but will pay off in the afterlife.
C) is fun.
D) can be achieved in a vacuum.

Question 5

Which of the following is critical for making society possible?

A) Ethics
B) Morality
C) Government
D) Currency

Question 6

Aristotle tells us that we will become good at living morally if we simply make a point of seriously studying ethics.

Question 7

Ethics and ethical theories can help assure us that moral values exist and can also help explain what makes something good or right.

Question 8

Doing what is morally right never puts any of our own interests at risk.

Question 9

Aristotle warns us that we should not only study XE "Aristotle" ethics but also work at living morally.

Question 10

Ethics addresses only social problems, the moral addresses only personal problems.