Deck 13: Ethical Considerations in Morality and Society

Question 1

A _________ action 'tends to bring about what is good'.

A)bad
B)right
C)wrong
D)legal

Answer 1

right

Question 2

________ argued that if conscience had strength and authority, "it would absolutely govern the world".

A)T. H. Green
B)J. S. Mill
C)Butler
D)Immanuel Kant

Answer 2

Butler

Question 3

Avoiding injury either to oneself or to another's physical well-being implies the Respect for _______.

A)Life
B)Character
C)Freedom
D)Property

Answer 3

Life

Question 4

Respect for life corresponds to the right to __________.

A)Property
B)Freedom
C)Education
D)Life

Question 5

Mackenzie defines ________ as 'The science of the ideal in human conduct'.

A)Character
B)Ethics
C)Hedonism
D)Utilitarianism

Question 6

Butler's term for intuitive moral faculty is _______.

A)appetite
B)desire
C)purpose
D)conscience

Question 7

The right of the child to education corresponds to the parents' __________ to ensure it.

A)interest
B)duty
C)right
D)capacity

Question 8

Education is a practical means that corresponds to the _________ theory of punishment.

A)Deterrent
B)Retributive
C)Reformative
D)None of these

Question 9

The right to freedom is essential to _________.

A)Hedonism
B)Democrac
C)Dictatorship
D)All these

Question 10

Deterrent theory of punishment is ___________.

A)preventive
B)reformative
C)educative
D)none of these

Question 11

Retributive theory of punishment involves ___________.

A)education
B)reformation
C)revenge
D)conversion

Question 12

Capital punishment cannot be justified according to ___________ theory of punishment.

A)Retributive
B)Reformative
C)both (a) and (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)

Question 13

The right to ________ is recently included in the fundamental rights in India.

A)life
B)freedom
C)education
D)property

Question 14

_________ is not a proponent of hedonism.

A)Kant
B)T. H. Green
C)both (a) and (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)

Question 15

Social Darwinism refers to the position of ___________.

A)Kant
B)J. S. Mill
C)Bentham
D)Spencer

Question 16

Those phenomena of conduct in these highest creatures, with which Morality is concerned, also conform to the laws of evolution. ___________ said this.

A)Herbert Spencer
B)Charles Darwin
C)Bentham
D)T. H. Green

Question 17

Find out the matching pairs.
1) Bentham/hedonism
2) Reformative view of punishment/the penalty of death
3) T. H. Green/utilitarianism
4) Kant/Critique of Practical reason

A)Only 4
B)1 and 4
C)2 and 3
D)Only 1

Question 18

According to Sidgwick, 'nothing is desirable in itself except ___________.

A)pain
B)pleasure
C)both (a) and (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)

Question 19

Rights and duties are the __________ constituents of the citizen's life.

A)opposite
B)contradictory
C)invalid
D)complementary

Question 20

Right to _________ is the most fundamental right.

A)property
B)freedom
C)education
D)life

Question 21

___________ theory of punishment is more humanitarian.

A)Retributive
B)Reformative
C)both (a) and (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)

Question 22

The word ethics is derived from

A)Latin word 'ethike'.
B)Greek word 'ethik'
C)Greek word 'ethike'
D)Latin word 'ethik'

Question 23

'It is difficult but not impossible to conduct strictly honest business' is famous quote by:

A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Adam Smith
C)George Bernard Shaw
D)Peter Drucker

Question 24

The term 'business ethics' came into common use in year _________

A)1950
B)1960
C)1970
D)1980

Question 25

Ethics is a set of _________ of human conduct that govern the behavior of individuals or organization.

A)principles
B)standards
C)principles or standards
D)None of the above