Question 1

Objectivism is based on the idea that

Accepted Answer

A)  there are no universal moral principles. 
B)  morality has an existence outside the human mind. 
C)  morality and law are identical. 
D)  there is no such thing as free will. 
E)  God does not exist.

Question 2

Ethical egoism is

Accepted Answer

A)  not based on reason or logic. 
B)  based on determining long-term beneficial consequences. 
C)  the divine command theory by another name. 
D)  Kantianism by another name. 
E)  utilitarianism by another name.

Question 3

Which of the following is an argument in favor of the divine command theory?

Accepted Answer

A)  The divine command theory is not based on reason. 
B)  It is fallacious to equate "the good" with "God." 
C)  God is all-knowing. 
D)  Some moral problems are not addressed directly in scripture. 
E)  The Bible has contradictory moral teachings.

Question 4

Thomas Hobbes called life without rules and a means of enforcing them

Accepted Answer

A)  utopia. 
B)  anarchy. 
C)  democracy. 
D)  communism. 
E)  the state of nature.

Question 5

According to Kant, our sense of "ought to" is called

Accepted Answer

A)  necessity. 
B)  insecurity. 
C)  paranoia. 
D)  love. 
E)  dutifulness.

Question 6

An early proponent of the social contract was

Accepted Answer

A)  Jeremy Bentham. 
B)  John Stuart Mill. 
C)  Jean-Jacque Rousseau. 
D)  Karl Marx. 
E)  John Brown.

Question 7

The Principle of Utility is also called

Accepted Answer

A)  the Categorical Imperative. 
B)  the Difference Principle. 
C)  the Greatest Happiness Principle. 
D)  the Social Contract. 
E)  the Ten Commandments.

Exam 2: Introduction to Ethics