Introduction to Ethics in Administration
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What is the primary focus of ethics?

  • The development of moral rules
  • The application of moral theories
  • The study of human behavior
  • The study of morality and the application of theories (correct)
  • What is the purpose of morality?

  • To promote human flourishing and prevent harm (correct)
  • To evaluate human conduct
  • To study human behavior
  • To develop moral rules and principles
  • What is the Greek word for individual character?

  • Ethos (correct)
  • Ethics
  • Moralis
  • Morality
  • What do ethicists use in their analysis and investigation of moral issues?

    <p>Philosophical method</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the study of morality also known as?

    <p>Moral philosophy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the basic question asked by ethics or moral philosophy?

    <p>What is the good life?</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary characteristic of the preconventional level of moral development?

    <p>Judging morality by its direct consequences</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Aristotle, what is the result of developing good moral habits?

    <p>Right action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary source of moral views for most people, according to the text?

    <p>Religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the characteristic of conventional morality?

    <p>Accepting society's conventions concerning right and wrong</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the level of moral development where an individual's own perspective may take precedence over society's view?

    <p>Postconventional level</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the name of the theory that describes the development of moral values?

    <p>Theory of Moral Development</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary purpose of the concept of Judgment Day in Islam, Judaism, and Christianity?

    <p>To provide a moral sanction for behavioral control</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which religious texts are the moral components of Islam derived from?

    <p>Quran and Prophet's Sunnah</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the commonality among traditional Judaism, Christianity, and Islam regarding the source of morality?

    <p>Belief in God as the ultimate source of morality</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the religious approach to morality, what does religion provide?

    <p>Ethical certainties</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key element of many religious moralities?

    <p>The view that certain things are good for us to do because this is what God wants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which religious tradition believes in the concept of 'Nirvana'?

    <p>Buddhism</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the moral component of Hinduism derived from?

    <p>Veda</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to the Divine Command Theory, what is the basis of moral rightness?

    <p>The will of God</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the implication of the Divine Command Theory if there is no God?

    <p>Nothing would be ethically wrong, required, or permitted</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key aspect of religion, according to Rosmizi et al. (2013)?

    <p>The set of beliefs and essence of religion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary focus of religion, according to the definition?

    <p>The belief in a higher power and its impact on human life</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the central idea of the religious approach to morality?

    <p>Religion serves as the solid basis that ethics need</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main aspect of culture as defined by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization?

    <p>Distinctive spiritual, material, intellectual and emotional features</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in the concept of culture, according to the provided definition?

    <p>Technology, art, science, and moral systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the key characteristic of the features that make up culture?

    <p>They are unique and distinctive to a particular society or group</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which domains of human activities does culture have specific and detailed meanings?

    <p>In various domains of human activities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the common term used to describe the whole product of an individual, group, or society?

    <p>Culture</p> Signup and view all the answers

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