Deck 1: An Overview of Ethics

Question 1

__________ is a systematic, critical study concerned with the moral evaluation of human conduct.

A) Values
B) Morality
C) Ethics
D) Right conduct

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

Although morals and ethics are sometimes used interchangeably, "morals" refers to a __________.

A) systemic process
B) personal perception
C) cultural belief
D) behavior pattern

Answer 2

behavior pattern

Question 3

One way of making ethical decisions is to consider what is the highest __________ in life.

A) good
B) harm
C) importance
D) meaning

Answer 3

good

Question 4

A __________ is an obligation that is based on a relationship or that results from one's station in life.

A) duty
B) responsibility
C) role
D) cause

Question 5

Teleological theories are concerned and directed toward what quality or thing?

A) right conduct
B) God
C) an ultimate goal
D) other people

Question 6

Ethics is __________ instead of __________.

A) descriptive; prescriptive
B) prescriptive; descriptive
C) a study; an art
D) an art; a study

Question 7

The first assumption of Christian ethics is a __________.

A) belief in God
B) Christian faith
C) basic morality
D) conscience

Question 8

__________ theories are concerned with movement away from a basic obligation.

A) Deontological
B) Teleological
C) Duty
D) Christian

Question 9

Which of the following is an assumption of Christian ethics?

A) All people are basically good.
B) People who do not believe in God are immoral.
C) God controls all events in the world.
D) Human beings have free will.

Question 10

Responsibility of the individual means that when an action is taken __________.

A) the actor is aware of the result
B) the actor caused the result
C) the actor has to live with the result
D) the actor should care about the result

Question 11

Which of these situations is an example of changing perceptions about what is right and wrong?

A) A man murders a stranger and is never caught.
B) An unmarried couple live together and are sexually active.
C) A woman decides to stop going to church, because she wants to sleep in.
D) A couple gives all of their money to charity.

Question 12

The idea that the universe is __________ is an assumption of Christian ethics.

A) orderly
B) random
C) governed by God
D) controlled by man

Question 13

One difficulty in Christian ethics is the lack of __________.

A) objectivity
B) consensus
C) application to the real world
D) perspective

Question 14

Our efforts to make moral decisions can be frustrated by __________.

A) faith
B) mixed motives
C) money
D) rules

Question 15

Advertising, family, and political parties are all examples of __________.

A) moral actors
B) duty holders
C) Christian-based actors
D) influences

Question 16

Determining what is moral can be more difficult when the question is intensely __________.

A) economic
B) political
C) personal
D) embarrassing

Question 17

Philosophers and ethicists do not agree on whether there is an objective __________.

A) goal
B) sin
C) rule
D) truth

Question 18

How to help new immigrants is an example of a __________.

A) social problem
B) moral dilemma
C) religious question
D) question about duty

Question 19

For Christian ethicists, the ultimate question is "What __________ should I take?"

A) path
B) biblical teaching
C) action
D) gift

Question 20

The basic nature of Christian ethics is defined by their __________.

A) rules
B) beliefs
C) faith
D) punishments

Question 21

Consider the difference between ethics and morals. Why is that distinction significant for the work of an ethicist?

Question 22

Violence against others is generally wrong. But if violence is used to free an oppressed people, is it still immoral? When, if ever, is violent action morally acceptable?

Question 23

What society considers to be good and bad has changed over time. Think of three examples of things that were at one time considered immoral but are not common social practice. How does that fluctuation affect the study of ethics?

Question 24

Should ethics be focused on achieving an ultimate goal or movement from a basic obligation? How does the focus change the framework for thinking about the morality of an action?

Question 25

Since the basis of Christian ethics is the Christian faith, make a list of some of its basic tenets that would be central to ethical considerations.

Question 26

Christian ethics assumes that human beings have free will. How does free will impact discussion of social problems like poverty?

Question 27

Ethics questions are focused on norms and standards. Social scientists consider the results of actions. Compare the concerns of ethicists and social scientists. How are their jobs similar? Dissimilar?

Question 28

How is an economic decision to pay more money for an item like an ethic decision to absorb a higher "cost" for an action? How else can money be used as a metaphor for ethical goals?

Question 29

Why is the ultimate question of Christian ethics not "What do I think?" but "What action shall I take?"

Question 30

One of the difficulties in making moral decisions is that there is no consensus on the nature of right and wrong. Write a situation in which the same set of actions could be considered right or wrong dependent upon who is evaluating the situation.