32 Questions
What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents?
Ethics
Which branch of ethics studies the very foundation of morality itself?
Metaethics
What is the belief that there are moral facts, and moral propositions can only be true or false?
Moral Realism
Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?
Moral Absolutism
What kind of cultural relativism states that people's moral beliefs differ from culture to culture?
Descriptive Cultural Relativism
Which branch of ethics asks questions about 'What is Morality' and 'What is its nature'?
Metaethics
What is the belief of moral antirealism?
There are no moral facts
According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?
Moral facts
What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?
Normative ethics
Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?
Moral standards
What are examples of non-moral standards also called in sociology?
Folkways
According to teleological standards, what does an act that results in the general welfare indicate?
It is moral
What does deontological standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on?
Natural law
What does normative ethics deal with?
Sets out the rightness or wrongness of actions
What does normative cultural relativism assert about moral beliefs?
They differ from culture to culture.
What is moral antirealism's view on moral propositions?
They don't refer to objective features of the world at all.
Which branch of ethics focuses on applying ethical principles and moral theories to real-life moral issues?
Applied Ethics
What type of standards are rules unrelated to moral or ethical considerations and are expected by society?
Non-Moral Standards
Which view holds that moral propositions don’t refer to objective features of the world at all and there are no moral facts?
Moral Antirealism
What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?
Normative Ethics
What does non-consequence standards in moral standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action or rule depends on?
The sense of duty
According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?
Moral facts
Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?
Moral Standards
What is the belief that moral statements can be true and false but refer only to people’s attitudes rather than their actions?
Moral Subjectivism
What is the law of God revealed through human reason and written in?
Natural Law
What is TELEOLOGICAL derived from and depends on?
The end, result, or consequence.
What does the word 'ethics' come from?
Greek word 'ethos' meaning 'customs'
What is the main focus of metaethics?
Examining the foundation of morality itself
Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?
Moral absolutism
What does moral realism believe in?
Moral facts exist and propositions can be true or false
What does descriptive cultural relativism assert?
People's moral beliefs differ from culture to culture
What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents known as?
Normative ethics
This quiz explores the concept of ethics, which is derived from the Greek word 'ethos' meaning 'customs' or 'moral' in Latin. It delves into the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents, as well as what makes an act obligatory and what makes a person accountable. The quiz also covers the three branches of ethics, including metaethics.
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