Moral Judgments Quiz

Which of the following is not true about the aspirational standard?

• It stimulates us to be morally healthy so that we can grow morally.

• It is the tool of moral progress learning to control our moral satisfaction.

• A much higher standard which arises whenever we are dissatisfied with our self-respect standard.

• Aspirational standards protect us from moral decline and provide a means to recover from moral decay.

Which of the following statements is correct?

• A moral judgment is used to prescribe an act that is based upon something else, something more alternate.

• Moral language cannot approximate moral feelings and attitude.

• Moral judgements are not expressions of feelings and attitudes.

• Moral principles do not exist in society that serve as the basis of our moral judgments.

Moral judgments operate under these different moral standards except one.

• The standard of moral rules.

• The standard of self-respect.

• The inspirational standard.

• The aspirational standard.

Why human beings need an intermediary set of standards between self-respect and inspirational standard?

• Due to an awareness of the lowness of our standards.

• As a means to rank other moral standards.

• Since becoming saints or heroes are too taxing, we can choose to become better persons.

• To approximate moral perfection.

Which of the following is true about one's moral capacity?

• One can estimate one's moral potential

• Moral potentialities are inestimable since moral progress can be achieved between birth and

• One cannot have a genuine religious conversion

• Ought imply can.

A situation where one is faced with two choices/actions, each of which she/he knows she/he ought to do, and both of which she/he knows she/he cannot do.

• Moral Dilemmas

• Moral Deadlock

• Moral Conflict

• Moral Rules

Which of the following best describe morality as a social practice?

• Morality is a complete system of principles of right action.

• Morality is a social practice, however its content comes only from divine revelation.

• Morality, as a social practice, is modified and improved when conflicts arise to resolve them.

• Morality is concerned with dispositions, and actions.

Which the following statements is correct about moral dilemmas?

• Moral dilemmas allow us to perform only one of the two actions available to us without having to know as to whether it is obligatory or otherwise.

• Our moral knowledge is limited and incomplete, this incompleteness forbids us to resolve moral dilemmas.

• People are always faced with conflicting moral requirements, however, there are enough facts to support the existence of moral dilemmas.

• Moral dilemmas are simply a disjunction of two obligations.

The view that there is one criterion of morality valid for all peoples at all times.

• Descriptive relativism

• Normative relativism

• Meta - ethical relativism

• Moral absolutism

How do we justify a particular judgment?

• The use of moral rules.

• The use of moral standards.

• The use of rational method

• The use of evaluative tests