This is an amazing ethical theories quiz with questions and answers. There are three theories that try to explain the moral principles that are expected from someone in a given situation and how human language can be judged to be right or wrong. The three ethical theories are either based on a consequence, duty, or community. How well do you understand the three theories? Take up the test below and get a good understanding of what is expected of you in some situations.
Retributive justice
Compensatory justice
Distributive justice
All of these
None of these
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Retributive justice
Compensatory justice
Distributive justice
All of these
None of these
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Pleasure.
The absence of pain.
Pleasure and the absence of pain.
Well-being.
None of these.
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An action is right if, and only if, it is done from the right intentions.
An action is right if, and only if, it produces the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for everyone.
An action is right if it brings about great benefit to some individual or another.
An action is right if, and only if, it is beneficial to society.
None of these.
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They fit with very little of our ordinary moral reasoning.
They focus on the nature of their actions and the rules from which they follow
They pay close attention to the consequences of actions.
All of these.
None of these.
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Retributive justice
Compensatory justice
Distributive justice
All of these
None of these
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Moral rights.
General rights.
Specific rights
Negative rights.
Legal rights.
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Virtue
Intuitionism
Deontological
Teleological
Egoism
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In rem rights.
In personam rights.
Negative rights.
Positive rights.
Moral rights.
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Utilitarianism places no value on equality and makes no allowance for justified unequal treatment.
Equal distributions generally produce more utility than unequal ones.
Both A and B.
Neither A nor B.
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The cost-benefit analysis
The cost-effectiveness analysis
The maximization of pleasure
The maximization of profit
The minimization of cost
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Utilitarianism places no value on equality and makes no allowance for justified unequal treatment.
Equal distributions generally produce more utility than unequal ones.
Equality alone is not enough to account for justice, so another criterion, utility, becomes necessary
Both A and B.
Neither A nor B.
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They fit with much of our ordinary moral reasoning.
They focus on the nature of actions and the rules from which they follow
They ignore the consequences of actions.
All of these.
None of these.
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Evaluation of the rightness of an act by the consequences of that act.
Determination of the rightness of an act by appeal to a relevant rule of morality.
Both A and B
Neither A nor B.
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A vast amount of information is needed.
Interpersonal comparisons of utility raise the question of whether the utility calculus is even possible.
It is difficult to determine both the amount of utility for each affected individual and the amount of utility for the whole society.
All of these.
None of these.
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Equal treatment is a presumptive right and no inequality of treatment is ever justified.
Equal treatment is not a presumptive right, and inequality of treatment is justified by the circumstances.
Equal treatment is not a presumptive right, but inequality of treatment is difficult to justify.
Equal treatment is a presumptive right that requires any inequality of treatment to be justified.
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Moral rights.
General rights.
In personam rights.
Negative rights.
Legal rights.
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