Test your basic knowledge |

DSST Ethics In America 2

Subjects : dsst, civics
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
  • If you are not ready to take this test, you can study here.
  • Match each statement with the correct term.
  • Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.

This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Claim that all and only pleasure has worth or value and all and only pain has disvalue - happiness should be pursued






2. Intensity - duration - certainty - propinquity (nearness) - fecundity - purity - extent






3. Written by Hobbes - morality consists of Laws of Nature






4. Name the first 5 books of the Old Testament






5. Bad character traits






6. Morality depends on religious belief or on a set of values given by a religion






7. When someone's work stands to serve an interest in conflict with his or her obligations as a professional






8. Evidence of a valid consent






9. Applied to determine on what basis scarce resources will be distributed or alternatively on what basis burdens will be distributed






10. A hierarchy that tracked how people can move from lesser to a more sophisticated ethical reasoning

Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/www/html/basicversity.com/show_quiz.php on line 183


11. Things are morally good or bad - or morally obligatory - permissible - or prohibited - soley because of God's will or command






12. Disclosure of information - comprehension - voluntariness






13. Wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War






14. An agreement between two parties - but only one of the parties has to do something






15. Puts forth the notion of eternal law as the road map for ethics - the ultimate purpose of life was not happiness here on Earth but eternal bliss in the hereafter






16. God's device to govern the whole community of the universe towards the common good






17. Ethical responsibilites at work - avoiding conflicts of interest






18. Advocates that moral values are relative to likely social consequences - we must act in a way as to help bring about the greatest good for the greatest number of people (Standard of Happiness)






19. Evaluates people's actions and their moral character (it is concerned with the content of moral judgments or principles - rules - or theories that guide our actions and judgments - and the criteria for what is right or wrong- it argues for particular






20. A generalized blueprint for the kind of entity you are






21. Claim that only pleasure or pain motivate us - most significant form of psychological hedonism






22. Tell about the life and ministry of Jesus - in the New Testament






23. Guide of moral conduct based on the principles of Stoicism






24. We always ought to perform that act that leads to the most pleasure






25. Courage - magnanimity - ambition - friendship - generosity - fidelity - gratitude






26. Student of Socrates who suggested the good life is one of intelligence






27. People think of their duties towards others in terms of abstract rules that transcend the particular cultures of historical situations that specific people find themselves in (stages 5 & 6 of Kohlberg's hierarchy)






28. Making exagerated claims about products






29. Actions are right in proportion as they tend to promote happiness






30. Humans pursue only their own self-interest; all people are equal; three natural causes of quarrel; natural condition of perpetual war; motivation for peace






31. System of moral principles - affects how people make decisionss and lead their lives






32. Hold that choices and/or acts or intentions are to be morally assessed solely by the states of affairs they bring about






33. Self-mastery according to Kant






34. Three Aristotelian principles followed by Aquinas






35. Reliable habits you engrave into your identity






36. The study of ends or final causes or purposes that things serve






37. Explores when and how to compensate someone for a loss






38. The first 5 books of the Old Testament






39. Talks about who should get which benefits and which burdens






40. Says we should always do the will of God






41. An american philosopher in the liberal tradition - had theory of justice as fairness






42. Socrates believed that whatever action a man chooses is motivated for his desire for this






43. Four basic possible standards: Full Disclosure Standard - Subjective Standard - Customary Practice or Professional Standard - Reasonable Person Standard






44. Believes that all acts are ultimately self-serving - even when they seem benevolent - that in a state of nature - prior to any formation of government - humans would behave completely selfishly






45. Divides moral philosophy into two domains - justice or law and ethics or virtue






46. Descriptive - normative - meta-ethics






47. Type of ethical theory which is concerned with moral rules which are generated by non-consequentialist methods - based in the nature of rationality or other principles of duty not consequences - theory of moral obligation






48. Competition over material good; general distrust; glory of powerful positions






49. Believed that moral justification came from utility and good institutions produce good consequences (Hedonistic Utilitarianism)






50. A relative mean between extremes of excess and deficiency - ini general a life of moderation in all things except virtue