Deck 1: Understanding Ethics and Its Key Concepts

Question 1

Ethics is the science of :

A)beauty
B)truth
C)conduct
D)mind

Answer 1

conduct

Question 2

The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek word :

A)ethos
B)ethies
C)ethees
D)ethise

Answer 2

ethos

Question 3

Ethos means:

A)conduct
B)customs
C)character
D)good

Answer 3

character

Question 4

The word mores means:

A)conduct
B)customs
C)character
D)good

Question 5

The term Right is derived from the Latin

A)ritus
B)ritchus
C)rectus
D)rightss

Question 6

Rectus means:

A)straight
B)direct
C)correct
D)good

Question 7

The term Good is connected with the German term:

A)goto
B)gutte
C)gud
D)gut

Question 8

Ethics is a------------------------science.

A)positive
B)applied
C)normative
D)systematic

Question 9

Normative science deals with:

A)standards
B)facts
C)judgements
D)none of these

Question 10

Aesthetics deals with the standard of:

A)beauty
B)truth
C)goodness
D)conduct

Question 11

Ethics deals with the standard of:

A)beauty
B)truth
C)goodness
D)fact

Question 12

Logic deals with the norm of:

A)beauty
B)truth
C)goodness
D)conduct

Question 13

Positive science concerned with:

A)facts
B)norms
C)standards
D)rules

Question 14

'Ethics is neither a practical science nor an art', This assertion is:

A)wrong
B)correct
C)neither right nor wrong
D)none of these

Question 15

Truth, Beauty, and -------------are considered as the principles of philosophy.

A)fact
B)goodness
C)conduct
D)none of these

Question 16

The applied dimension of Ethics is known as:

A)applied ethics
B)normative ethics
C)meta ethics
D)none of these

Question 17

---------------- deals with logical and semantic questions like 'What do we mean by "freedom" and "determinism"

A)applied ethics
B)normative ethics
C)practical ethics
D)meta ethics

Question 18

Ethics determines rightness or wrongness of-------------------

A)human actions
B)human thought
C)human judgements
D)none of these

Question 19

When we a say that conduct is right, we mean primarily that;

A)it is according to truth
B)it is according to rule
C)it is according to law
D)none of these

Question 20

A thing is generally said to be good when it is valuable for

A)some end.
B)some practice
C)some action
D)some facts

Question 21

Positive science deals with judgments of facts while ethics is concerned with judgments of:

A)beauty
B)truth
C)thought
D)value

Question 22

Logic deals with the correctness of

A)thought
B)conduct
C)perception
D)intuition

Question 23

Ethics deals with the correctness of

A)conduct
B)thought
C)perception
D)intuition

Question 24

------------------ is not a normative discipline.

A)ethics
B)logic
C)metaphysics
D)aesthetics

Question 25

Ethics deals with the standards to describe------------------------

A)good and evil
B)true and false
C)right and good
D)all of these