Multiple Choice: EXAM 2

1. The concepts "right" and "wrong" in ethics are usually employed to assess the morality of.

a. consequences

b. concrete objects

c. persons

d. actions

ANSWER: C.

2. "No act can be considered without qualification except goodwill." - Immanuel Kant

a. True

b. False

ANSWER: A.

3. Which of the following is an example of a duty-based moral theory?

a. Kantian moral theories

b. None of the above

c. Natural law theories

d. Consequentialism

ANSWER: C.

4. To what did Rawls direct his views of justice?

a. The financial domain

b. The medical domain

c. The political domain

d. The private domain

ANSWER: C.
5. Kant refers to the special worth or value of person as

a. Dignity

b. Beauty

c. Virtue

d. Praiseworthiness

ANSWER: A.

6. When Kant believe that lie is permissible?

a. Whenever doing so brings about better than harm

b. When doing so is important to prevent an occurrence

c. Never

d. Whenever the issue is unimportant

ANSWER: C.

7. According to Kant, what is the major problem of the golden rule?

a. It permits lying, which is never right

b. Morality becomes dependent on the results of one's activities.

c. It provides us with no information at all.

d. It makes a morality depend on a person’s desires

ANSWER: D.

8. Which of the following moral virtues does Kant see as the main moral virtue?

a. Compassion

b. Benevolence

c. Integrity

d. None of the above

ANSWER: C.

9. This is ideas and attitudes we have that can conflict with our ethical decisions.
a. Values

b. Principles

c. Virtues

d. Morals

ANSWER: A.

10. This is the cause for our actions when we have something to lose.

a. Ruses

b. Schemes

c. Plans

d. Motives

ANSWERS: D.