Ethics In America Section 1
In the simplest terms, ethics is basically the philosophical branch, which sets apart right and wrong. Ethics in America is a quiz testing on the code of ethics set by the American Constitution. Enjoy while at it.
- 1.Which of the following philosophers started the peripatetic School
- A.
Thucydides
- B.
Plato
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Plotinus
- 2.Socrates was accused of which of these crimes?
- A.
Murder
- B.
Making slanderous and false accusations
- C.
Threatening the goverment
- D.
Corrupting the youth
- 3.Plotinus first Principle is best expressed through which two ideas?
- A.
Virtue and Happiness
- B.
Being and The Good
- C.
Unity and Oneness
- D.
Virtue and The Soul
- 4.Plato believed which of these to be true about virtue and self-interest?
- A.
Everybody always chooses to do the virtuous thing
- B.
You can't be virtuous if you have self-interest.
- C.
People sometimes choose to do non-virtuous things.
- D.
Some people do things without any self-interest
- 5.Thrasymachus statements express which two modern belief systems?
- A.
Moral Skepticism and Relativism
- B.
Self-Interest and Dominant Plitics
- C.
Punitive Justice and Force
- D.
Modernism and Relative Skepticism
- 6.In Plato's cave, the normal objects that we see each day are symbolized by what?
- A.
Dreams
- B.
Walls
- C.
Rocks
- D.
Shadows
- 7.The Doctrine of the Mean was created by which philosopher?
- A.
Socrates
- B.
Plato
- C.
Aristotle
- D.
Plotinus
- 8.The Doctrine of the Mean can be used for which purpose?
- A.
Calculating how virtuous we are.
- B.
Determining how much is right for us.
- C.
Determining who is nice and who is mean.
- D.
Calculating a mathematical average.
- 9.The type of 'mean' that falls between two extremes is which of the following?
- A.
Relative mean
- B.
Virtuous mean
- C.
Moderate mean
- D.
Absolute mean
- 10.How were Jacob and Abraham related?
- A.
Jacob was the first-born son of Abraham.
- B.
Abraham was Jacob's ancestor.
- C.
Jacob and Abraham were brothers.
- D.
Jacob was Abraham's father.
- 11.The covenant in the Bible refers to which promise?
- A.
Abraham's promise to Jacob.
- B.
God's promise to Jacob.
- C.
Jacob's promise to Abraham.
- D.
God's promise to Abraham.
- 12.A paradox is which of the following?
- A.
Something that seems false because it is contradictory.
- B.
Something that seems to be contradictory but may be true.
- C.
Something that is contradictory but seems to be true.
- D.
Something that is true but seems to be contradictory.
- 13.The power given to the people increased according to which order of philosophers?
- A.
Hobbes, Rousseau, Locke.
- B.
Locke, Rousseau, Hobbes.
- C.
Locke, Jefferson, Hobbes.
- D.
Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau.
- 14.According to Aquinas, the basis of natural law is which of the following?
- A.
God.
- B.
Divine Providence.
- C.
The way we naturally are.
- D.
Human nature.
- 15.The two classes of duties, according to Kant, are which of the following
- A.
Perfect duties and imperfect duties.
- B.
Perfect duties to oneself and imperfect duties to oneself.
- C.
Duties to oneself and duties to others.
- D.
Perfect duties to others and imperfect duties to others.
- 16.The first two paragraphs in the Declaration of Independence give an account of what?
- A.
Social justice.
- B.
Inalienable rights.
- C.
Justice as fairness.
- D.
Natural rights.
- 17.Aquinas three natural inclinations are which of the following?
- A.
Inclinations to self-preservation, reproduction and reason.
- B.
Inclinations to Divine law, natural law and self-preservation.
- C.
Inclinations to self-reservation, reproduction and care of offspring.
- D.
Inclinations to sovereign rule, legislative rule, and rule by the people.
- 18.Who said "government is best which governs not at all"?
- A.
Thomas Jefferson
- B.
Mahatma Gandhi
- C.
Dr. Martin Luther King
- D.
Henry David Thoreau
- 19.Rousseau believed which of the following?
- A.
Totalitarianism was the best kind of goverment
- B.
People could have individual groups and still be loyal to their country.
- C.
People were hurting themselves by making independent associations.
- D.
Loyalty to one's country was shameful.
- 20.John Rawls invented his two principles on what basis?
- A.
He wanted to help the poor and disadvantaged.
- B.
Everyone would choose these principles if they were ignorant of individual status.
- C.
These principles naturally follow from the definition of justice.
- D.
He believed these principles would establish fairness.
- 21.John Rawls supported which philosopher's theory of morality?
- A.
Jacques Rousseau
- B.
Thomas Hobbes
- C.
Immanuel Kant
- D.
John Locke
- 22.Mill said what about Kant's Categorical Imperative?
- A.
The Categorical Imperative was false.
- B.
The Categorical Imperative was the same as Utilitarianism
- C.
The Categorical Imperative was true.
- D.
The Categorical Imperative was only Deontological
- 23.Three virtue ethicists that we have discussed so far are which of the following?
- A.
Epicurus, Bentham and Mill
- B.
Epicurus, Plato and Aristotle
- C.
Plato, Aristotle and Aquinas
- D.
Plato, Aristotle and Kant
- 24.Utilitarianism states which of the following?
- A.
Actions were right according to their own nature.
- B.
Actions were right when they promoted happiness
- C.
Actions were right when the person performing them was virtous
- D.
Actions were right when they served the common good.
- 25.Epicurus thought which of the following?
- A.
Prudence came from developing ones virtue.
- B.
Prudence was the highest virtue possible.
- C.
Prudence was one of the many virtues
- D.
Virtues were all forms of prudence.
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