GE 008 Quiz

In identifying what is morally right, there is one set of rules for everyone. What belief is this?

• moral absolutism

• moral relativism

• consequentialism

• non-consequentialism

This belief does not take circumstances into account. What belief is this?

• moral relativism

• moral absolutism

• consequentialism

• non-consequentialism

There are no universal moral principles. What belief is this?

• situation ethics

• virtue ethics

• moral absolutism

• moral relativism

This is the view that moral judgments are true or false only relative to some particular standpoint. What belief is this?

• Moral relativism

• moral absolutism

• virtue ethics

• situation ethics

When theory covers all areas of concern and make sense of certain moral concepts, what criteria of a theory is this?

• practicability

• moral confirmation

• completeness

• practicability

When the theory provides insights on what makes something moral or immoral, the criterion of a theory is _____________.

• completeness

• explanatory power

• practicability

• moral confirmation

When the theory is useful and provides clear and precise claims, the theory is characterized as ___________.

• completeness

• practicability

• moral confirmation

• explanatory power

What ethical theory gives the correct answers to our moral questions, what criterion does the theory meet?

• moral confirmation

• explanatory power

• completeness

• practicability

What is the ethical theory that identifies the morally correct way of acting?

• meta-ethics

• applied ethics

• normative ethics

• descriptive ethics

What ethical theory seeks to describe how ethical decisions are made?

• meta-ethics

• applied ethics

• descriptive ethics

• normative ethics