Quiz: The Morality Test

15 Questions | By Rgbordelon | Last updated: May 1, 2022 | Total Attempts: 15782

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Hey, check out this interesting 'Morality test' that we have created below. Think you can pass the quiz? There is no straight way that you can judge someone as being good or evil as we all have our version of what is okay and not okay. Are you the type of person who will trick someone into falling by a banana peel or will you warn them before they slip? This is a quiz that reveals how moral you are as a person. Give it a shot and see if you are angelic or borderline evil.

Questions and Answers

1.

You pass someone in the street who is in severe need and you are able to help them at little cost to yourself. Are you morally obliged to do so?
- A.
  
  Strongly Obligated
- B.
  
  Weakly Obligated
- C.
  
  Not Obligated
- D.
  
  Somewhat Obligated
2.

You have a brother. You know that someone has been seriously injured as a result of criminal activity undertaken by him. You live in a country where the police are generally trustworthy. Are you morally obliged to inform them about your brother's crime?
- A.
  
  Strongly Obligated
- B.
  
  Weakly Obligated
- C.
  
  Not Obligated
- D.
  
  Somewhat Obligated
3.

Do you think that assisting the suicide of someone who wants to die - and has requested help - is morally equivalent to allowing them to die by withholding medical assistance (assuming that the level of suffering turns out to be identical in both cases)?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  Maybe
- C.
  
  No
- D.
  
  Sometimes
4.

You are able to help some people. Unfortunately, you can only do so by harming other people. The number of people harmed will always be 10 percent of those helped. When considering whether it is morally justified to help does the actual number of people involved make any difference? For example, does it make a difference if you are helping ten people by harming one person rather than helping 100,000 people by harming 10,000 people?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  Sometimes
- C.
  
  No
- D.
  
  Never
5.

You own an unoccupied property. You are contacted by a refugee group that desperately needs somewhere to house a person seeking asylum who is being unjustly persecuted in a foreign country. Your anonymity is assured. You have every reason to believe that no harm will come to your property. Are you morally obliged to allow them to use your property?
- A.
  
  Strongly Obligated
- B.
  
  Weakly Obligated
- C.
  
  Not Obligated
- D.
  
  Somewhat Obligated
6.

Someone you have never met needs a kidney transplant. You are one of the few people who can provide the kidney. Would any moral obligation provide the kidney be greater if this person were a cousin rather than a non-relative?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  Maybe
- C.
  
  No
- D.
  
  Sometimes
7.

You can save the lives of a thousand patients by canceling one hundred operations that would have saved the lives of a hundred different patients. Are you morally obliged to do so?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  Maybe
- C.
  
  No
- D.
  
  Sometimes
8.

Are your moral obligations to people in your own country or community stronger than those to people in other countries and communities (assuming no unusual circumstances - for example, suffering because of famine - in either your own country/community or other countries/communities)?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  Sometimes
- C.
  
  No
- D.
  
  Maybe
9.

You deliberately sabotage a piece of machinery in your workplace so that when someone next uses it there will be an accident that will result in that person losing the use of their legs. Are you morally responsible for their injury?
- A.
  
  Responsible
- B.
  
  Partly Responsible
- C.
  
  Not Responsible
- D.
  
  Somewhat Responsible
10.

You know the identity of someone who has committed a serious crime resulting in a person being badly injured. Are you morally obliged to reveal their identity to an appropriate authority so that they are dealt with justly?
- A.
  
  Strongly Obligated
- B.
  
  Weakly Obligated
- C.
  
  Not Obligated
- D.
  
  Somewhat Obligated
11.

You can save the lives of ten innocent people by killing one other innocent person. Are you morally obliged to do so?
- A.
  
  Yes
- B.
  
  Maybe
- C.
  
  No
- D.
  
  Not at all!
12.

You see an advertisement from a charity in a newspaper about a person in severe need in Australia. You can help this person at little cost to yourself. Are you morally obliged to do so?
- A.
  
  Strongly Obligated
- B.
  
  Weakly Obligated
- C.
  
  Not Obligated
- D.
  
  Somewhat Obligated
13.

You are required to send a person a gift, and you have bought a bottle of drink to send to them. However, you discover it is poison and if consumed will cause blindness in the drinker. To replace it with a non-contaminated bottle will cost you $10.00. You give the poisoned drink as a gift anyway. Are you morally responsible for the blindness of the drinker?
- A.
  
  Responsible
- B.
  
  Partly Responsible
- C.
  
  Not Responsible
- D.
  
  Somewhat Responsible
14.

A situation arises where you can either save your own child from death or contact the emergency services in order to save the lives of ten other children. You cannot do both, and there is no way to save everyone. Which course of action are you morally obliged to follow?
- A.
  
  Save 10 other children
- B.
  
  Save own child
- C.
  
  Save no children
- D.
  
  Try to save everyone
15.

A charity collection takes place in your office. For every $10.00 given, a blind person's sight is restored. Instead of donating $10.00, you use the money to treat yourself to a cocktail after work. Are you morally responsible for the continued blindness of the person who would have been treated had you made the donation?
- A.
  
  Responsible
- B.
  
  Partly Responsible
- C.
  
  Not Responsible
- D.
  
  Somewhat Responsible