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1) Environmental ethics: What is James

Lovelock best known for?

A) His work on animal welfare

B) Proposing the Gaia Hypothesis

C)Arguing from a Christian perspective

D) His work on climate change


2) Environmental ethics: Who else can you
refer to in relation to this topic?

A) Arne Naess

B) Joni Eareckson Tada

C) Joseph Fletcher

D) Charles Darwin
3) Equality: When was Martin Luther King’s
famous I have a dream speech?

A) 1963

B)1968

C) 1961

D) 1964
4) Equality: Who was Martin Luther King
inspired by?

Write out your own response.


5) What does teleological mean?

A) The action itself

B) Duty

C) The end/ goal of an action

D) Law
6) Utilitarianism: Who set out utilitarianism?

A) John Stuart Mill

B) Jeremy Bentham

C) Aquinas

D) Augustine
7) Bentham’s hedonistic utilitarianism states that we always ought
to perform that act that leads to the greatest pleasure. Can you
remember one of the points of the hedonic calculus?

Write out one example.


8) Who followed Rule utilitarianism?

A) Jeremy Bentham

B) John Stuart Mill


9) Situation Ethics: Which era was the
theory developed?

A) 1970s

B) 1990s

C) 1950s

D) 1960s
10) Situation Ethics: What does Agape
mean?

A) The most loving thing to do

B) The new morality

C) Absolute, universal and unconditional love for


all people.

D) Voluntary love
11) Natural Moral Law: Which of the
following is not a primary precept.

A) Reproduce

B) Learn

C) Family

D) Worship God
12) Natural Moral Law: Who is associated
with proportionalism?

A) Bernard Hoose

B) Aquinas

C) Joseph Fletcher

D) Peter Singer
13) War and Peace: Which of the
following means conduct in war.
A) Jus ad bellum

B) Jus in bello

C) Jus post bellum


14) War and Peace: Name one of the
points of Jus ad bellum
15) Sexual Ethics: Which two are related
to this topic?
A) Peter Vardy

B) Peter Singer

C) AJ Ayer

D) Jack Dominian
16) Sexual ethics: Define the term
promiscuity
17) Meta ethics: Which theory is
associated with A J Ayer?
A) Realism

B) Divine command ethics

C) Logical positivism

D) Prescriptivism
18) Meta ethics: What does the word
‘meta’ mean in Greek?
A) Above/ beyond

B) Language

C) Love

D) Meaning
19) Religion and morality: What is the key word for the following
definition- Biblical Law is applicable to civil law

A) Quiverfull

B) Heteronomy

C) Autonomy

D) Theonomy
20) Deontology: What does deontology
focus on?
Write one word!
21) Deontology: W D Ross names how
many prima facie duties?
Give a number (between 1-10!)

Bonus points for naming any of these!


22) Virtue Ethics: What does virtue
ethics focus on?
A) Laws

B) Character

C) Love

D) The actions
23) Virtue Ethics: Which two further
developed Virtue Ethics?
A) Philippa Foot

B) Aristotle

C) Alasdair MacIntyre

D) Thomas Nagel
24) Medical Ethics: What does PGD
stand for?
A) Permanent Genetic Development

B) Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis

C) Pre-implantation Gene Disorder

D) Pre Genetic Diagnosis


25) Medical Ethics: Where is euthanasia
legal? (Choose two)
A) Norway

B) South Africa

C) Netherlands

D) Luxembourg
26) Medical Ethics: Abortion is legal in
England up until how many weeks?

A) 21

B) 23

C) 24

D) 26
ANSWERS!!
Count up your marks
1) Environmental ethics: What is James
Lovelock best known for?

A) His work on animal welfare

B) Proposing the Gaia Hypothesis

C)Arguing from a Christian perspective

D) His work on climate change


2) Environmental ethics: Who else can you
refer to in relation to this topic?

A) Arne Naess

B) Joni Eareckson Tada

C) Joseph Fletcher

D) Charles Darwin
3) Equality: When was Martin Luther King’s
famous I have a dream speech?

A) 1963

B)1968

C) 1961

D) 1964
4) Equality: Who was Martin Luther King
inspired by?

Mahatma Ghandhi
5) What does teleological mean?

A) The action itself

B) Duty

C) The end/ goal of an action

D) Law
6) Utilitarianism: Who set out utilitarianism?

A) John Stuart Mill

B) Jeremy Bentham

C) Aquinas

D) Augustine
7) Bentham’s hedonistic utilitarianism states that we always ought
to perform that act that leads to the greatest pleasure. Can you
remember one of the points of the hedonic calculus?

Intensity The amount of pleasure produced by the action.

Duration The length of time the pleasure is likely to last.


The likelihood or probability of pleasure resulting
Certainty from the act.
How near or remote, in time or place, are the
Propinquity benefits of an act.
The likelihood of an act being followed by similar
Fecundity reactions.
The probability and degree of a pain diluting the
Purity pleasure.
How widespread will the pleasure be. (Mill’s
Extent addition)
8) Who followed Rule utilitarianism?

A) Jeremy Bentham

B) John Stuart Mill


9) Situation Ethics: Which era was the
theory developed?

A) 1970s

B) 1990s

C) 1950s

D) 1960s- 1966 to be precise!


10) Situation Ethics: What does Agape
mean?

A) The most loving thing to do

B) The new morality

C) Absolute, universal and unconditional love


for all people.

D) Voluntary love
11) Natural Moral Law: Which of the
following is not a primary precept.

A) Reproduce

B) Learn

C) Family

D) Worship God
12) Natural Moral Law: Who is associated
with proportionalism?

A) Bernard Hoose

B) Aquinas

C) Joseph Fletcher

D) Peter Singer
13) War and Peace: Which of the
following means conduct in war.
A) Jus ad bellum

B) Jus in bello

C) Jus post bellum


14) War and Peace: Name one of the
points of Jus ad bellum
15) Sexual Ethics: Which two are related
to this topic?
A) Peter Vardy

B) Peter Singer

C) AJ Ayer

D) Jack Dominian
16) Sexual ethics: Define the term
promiscuity
The practice of having casual sex frequently with
different partners
17) Meta ethics: Which theory is
associated with A J Ayer?
A) Realism

B) Divine command ethics

C) Logical positivism

D) Prescriptivism
18) Meta ethics: What does the word
‘meta’ mean in Greek?
A) Above/ beyond

B) Language

C) Love

D) Meaning
19) Religion and morality: What is the key word for the following
definition- Biblical Law is applicable to civil law

A) Quiverfull

B) Heteronomy

C) Autonomy

D) Theonomy
20) Deontology: What does deontology
focus on?
Duty
Obligation
21) Deontology: W D Ross names how
many prima facie duties?
Seven prima facie duties

(Which he does not claim is all-inclusive)


fidelity; reparation; gratitude; non-maleficence;
justice; beneficence; and self-improvement.
22) Virtue Ethics: What does virtue
ethics focus on?
A) Laws

B) Character

C) Love

D) The actions
23) Virtue Ethics: Which two further
developed Virtue Ethics?
A) Philippa Foot

B) Aristotle

C) Alasdair MacIntyre

D) Thomas Nagel
24) Medical Ethics: What does PGD
stand for?
A) Permanent Genetic Development

B) Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis

C) Pre-implantation Gene Disorder

D) Pre Genetic Diagnosis


25) Medical Ethics: Where is euthanasia
legal? (Choose two)
A) Norway

B) South Africa

C) Netherlands

D) Luxembourg
26) Medical Ethics: Abortion is legal in
England up until how many weeks?

A) 21

B) 23

C) 24

D) 26

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