Fundamentals of Ethics

What does the Greek word 'ethos' mean?

• Law

• Society

• Justice

• Character

Who was the first to recognize the value of questions in ethics?

• Aristotle

• Socrates

• Plato

• Epicurus

What is ethics often referred to as?

• Political theory

• Social science

• Moral philosophy

• Natural law

What is the first assumption of ethics?

• Man is an emotional being

• Man is a rational being

• Man is a social being

• Man is a moral being

What does the second assumption of ethics state?

• Man is free to act according to his will

• Man is bound by societal norms

• Man is influenced by emotions

• Man is a product of his environment

Who is responsible for the actions they commit according to ethics?

• The doer of the act

• Society as a whole

• A malicious spirit

• The government

What is the physical object of ethics?

• The consequences of actions

• The act done

• The societal norms

• The moral agent

Which of the following is a nonphysical object of ethics?

• A club

• A business firm

• Telling the truth

• A government

What are involuntary natural acts?

• Conscious decisions

• Reflexive actions

• Socially learned behaviors

• Moral judgments

Which of the following is an example of a voluntary act?

• Yawning

• Blinking

• Eating

• Breathing