Ethics/ 2nd Sem/ 2021-2022

Pre-Assessment

Student Name:

Year & Course:

Date Posted: February 14, 2022

Submission date: February 15, 2022

Part 1. Text Twist. Identify the proper word or term

1. R O A M L
2. M I D E S A M L
3. A R I T O M Y L
4. E D F R E M O
5. N A D R A T S D

Part 2. Test Your Honesty

1. From your previous semester classes. What do you think were the rules and
regulations you violated when it comes to your online classes, given the fact that
you were instructed properly by your college professors.
2. Why rules are important to social beings?

Part 3. Your knowledge is the Key

1. Differentiate moral realism and moral anti-realism

2. Define Applied, Normative, and Metaethics. Give one ethical question in each
type of ethics (applied, normative, and metaethics)
3. A “thought” experiment: The Runaway Train
Reference: Shaun D. Pattinson, Vanessa Kind and Benedict Douglas, Ethics Activity Pack (v.1),
February 2017. Available at: https://www.dur.ac.uk/cells/packs
Ethics/ 2nd Sem/ 2021-2022

Scenario:
A. Which option do you choose? (i) or (ii)
B. Tick one statement from the list below that most closely reflects your values?
a. five lives are more important that one life

b. one life is just as important as five lives

c. what matters is not what I do but whether I am virtuous

d. all moral wrongs and rights are just a matter of opinion

e. none of the above

Further Information:
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“Do not be deceived: Bad company ruins good morals” – 1 Corinthians 15:33