Ethics: Study of Morality

Choose a study mode

Play Quiz
Study Flashcards
Spaced Repetition
Chat to Lesson

Podcast

Play an AI-generated podcast conversation about this lesson
Download our mobile app to listen on the go
Get App

Questions and Answers

What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents?

  • Moral Realism
  • Ethics (correct)
  • Cultural Relativism
  • Metaethics

Which branch of ethics studies the very foundation of morality itself?

  • Cultural Relativism
  • Moral Absolutism
  • Moral Realism
  • Metaethics (correct)

What is the belief that there are moral facts, and moral propositions can only be true or false?

  • Moral Realism (correct)
  • Moral Absolutism
  • Cultural Relativism
  • Moral Relativism

Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?

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

What kind of cultural relativism states that people's moral beliefs differ from culture to culture?

<p>Descriptive Cultural Relativism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of ethics asks questions about 'What is Morality' and 'What is its nature'?

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

What is the belief of moral antirealism?

<p>There are no moral facts (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?

<p>Moral facts (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?

<p>Normative ethics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?

<p>Moral standards (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are examples of non-moral standards also called in sociology?

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

According to teleological standards, what does an act that results in the general welfare indicate?

<p>It is moral (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does deontological standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action depends on?

<p>Natural law (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does normative ethics deal with?

<p>Sets out the rightness or wrongness of actions (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does normative cultural relativism assert about moral beliefs?

<p>They differ from culture to culture. (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is moral antirealism's view on moral propositions?

<p>They don't refer to objective features of the world at all. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which branch of ethics focuses on applying ethical principles and moral theories to real-life moral issues?

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

What type of standards are rules unrelated to moral or ethical considerations and are expected by society?

<p>Non-Moral Standards (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which view holds that moral propositions don’t refer to objective features of the world at all and there are no moral facts?

<p>Moral Antirealism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of ethical action and sets out the rightness or wrongness of the actions known as?

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

What does non-consequence standards in moral standards hold the rightness or wrongness of an action or rule depends on?

<p>The sense of duty (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

According to normative cultural relativism, what differs from culture to culture?

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

Which type of standards are norms, prescriptions, or rules used in determining what ought to be done or what is right or wrong action?

<p>Moral Standards (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the belief that moral statements can be true and false but refer only to people’s attitudes rather than their actions?

<p>Moral Subjectivism (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the law of God revealed through human reason and written in?

<p>Natural Law (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is TELEOLOGICAL derived from and depends on?

<p>The end, result, or consequence. (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the word 'ethics' come from?

<p>Greek word 'ethos' meaning 'customs' (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main focus of metaethics?

<p>Examining the foundation of morality itself (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which view holds that there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged?

<p>Moral absolutism (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does moral realism believe in?

<p>Moral facts exist and propositions can be true or false (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does descriptive cultural relativism assert?

<p>People's moral beliefs differ from culture to culture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the study of the morality of human acts and moral agents known as?

<p>Normative ethics (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards are hidden until you start studying

More Like This

Importance of Ethics and Morality
29 questions
Ethical Issues and Meta-Ethics Quiz
12 questions
Ethics and Morality Overview
13 questions
Meta-Ethics and Morality Overview
38 questions
Use Quizgecko on...
Browser
Browser