CHAPTER EXERCISE

TRUE OR FALSE

False I. Ethics and morality do not share the same etymology.

False 2.Ethics and morality are exactly the same.

False 3. Ethics is defined as the Theological study of the morality of human acts.
True 4 Ethics is also known as Moral Philosophy.
True 5. Ethics is a practical science for it deals mainly with theories and principles.

True 6. Ethics deals primarily with the rightness or wrongness of human thinking.

True 7. Ethics and law are both concerned with right and wrong.
False 8. As a science, Ethics employs the aid of divine revelation in its
investigation.

False 9. Ethics also deals with the ultimate principle and truth concerning the
physical universe.

False 10. As a theoretical science, Ethics can be considered as a "way of life"

True 11. Ethics, like the other sciences, does have a material object.

True 12. The material object of ethics is the human act.

False 13. Aside from having a material object, Ethics has also an informal object.

False 14. The formal object of ethics is the act of man.

False 15. Ethics is a minor field in Philosophy.
True 16. Ethics, as a particular area of knowledge, has two major divisions.
True 17. The divisions qof Ethics are General Ethics and Applied Ethics.
True 18. Applied Ethics consists of the application of general moral principles.
True 19. Ethics and religion are both normative disciplines.
True20. Ethics also grounds itself in human experience, aside fro reason and logic.

FILL IN THE BLANKS

1. Etymologically speaking, "ethics" comes from a Greek word.

2. Morality is taken from the word mores in latin

3. Because of its etymological construction, Ethics is also called morality

4. Ethics is a practical science since it is meant as the practice of certain
theories and principles concerning morality.
5. Ethics is also known as moral philosophy
6. As a specific area of knowledge, Ethics is considered a major field in philosophy.
7. Ethics as a field of study has a material and formal object.
8. The formal object of ethics is the morality of human conduct.
9. Technical norm refers to the proper way of doing things.
10. Aesthetic norm refers to the judgment we make on things that are pleasant unpleasant to
the senses.
11. Societal norm refers to the judgment concerning what is acceptable or not in a given
culture.

12. Ethical norm concerns grave human concerns such as poverty, inequality and
oppression.
13. Ethics as a field of Philosophy has two main Division

14 The second division of Ethics is applied Ethics.

15. The first division of Ethics General is Ethics.,

16. Ethics is important, in a way, because without it, society in general will deteriorate and be
shaken as to its very core. , while law deals with legality.
17. Ethics deals with morality Ethics is also called Applied Ethics.

18. General Ethics concerns with the application of general moral

19. moral principles and norms to the various specific areas of human life.

20. These areas of human life that Special Ethics deals with include both
individual and social domain.

Short Essay

Instruction: Write a short reflection on the question below after

reading the story of "Gyges"in Plato's book The Republic. In
summary: "Gyges is a shepherd who stumbles upon a ring
that at his command makes him invisible and, while in
that state, he can indulge in his greed to the fullest without
the fear of getting caught. He can thus escape the restraints
of society, its laws, and punishments. So he kills the king,
seduceshis wife and becomes king himself" (Pojman &
Fieser 2017:67-68). So imagineyou got the ring of Gyges, would you
still do what is good and what is right? In brief, would
you still act morally? Why should you, or not? Write your
answer/s below:
Should I be Moral?

Will, I am a Christian and I follow Jesus and Because of it I still act morally or use the gyges ring is a good
way that cannot compromise my salvation. And actually our subject is Ethics, also called moral
philosophy, the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad and morally right and wrong.
The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values or principles, so it means this subject
also will choose the right thing to do just like what I want to choose. Will, we all know that in our life
there a lot of opportunities that give us advantages in any aspects sometimes we grab the opportunity
even though we can hurt someone just for our selfishness just like what Gyges did. But I am different
even though I'm a human that think sometimes bad things but I still choose the right one that I know
this is accordance to Jesus will. Having Gyges ring is so much hard to choose between bad and good
because you can do what you want by the help of the ring, but don't let the devil drive into your mind
let the moral inside your heart works and follow the good thing to do. I am a Seventh-day Adventist and
I follow Jesus. All I want to say is I still want to use the gyges ring but I use it in a good way which cannot
harm anyone.