Ethics: Definition and Importance
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What is the primary objective of education according to the text?

  • Acquisition of material goods and bodily pleasures
  • Moral development of the will (correct)
  • Development of intellectual skills
  • Attainment of bodily perfections such as health and strength

What is the significance of moral standards according to the text?

  • Establishing economic systems
  • Determining societal acceptance of intellectual skills
  • Enhancing physical perfections such as health and strength
  • Regulating behavior to protect social beings (correct)

How do ethicists view moral standards in relation to moral values?

  • They are equivalent concepts (correct)
  • Moral values determine moral standards
  • They are unrelated concepts
  • Moral standards are superior to moral values

According to Montemayor (1994), what is the supreme purpose of human living?

<p>Developing moral qualities (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do moral standards primarily focus on according to the text?

<p>Protecting humans, animals, and the environment from harm or benefit (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the branch of Philosophy that studies morality or the rightness or wrongness of human conduct?

<p>Ethics (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to Montemayor (1994), what is one of the definitions of Ethics?

<p>The scientific inquiry into the principles of morality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the word 'ethics' as derived from the Greek word ethos?

<p>'Manners' (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How did Montemayor (1994) describe Ethics in relation to human conduct?

<p>It is the science which lays down the principles of right living (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is it important for people to be good and avoid evil according to the text?

<p>For social acceptance and pleasing actions (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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