WEEK 2 QUIZ – CHAPTER 1 QUIZ
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Question 1
Which of the following is an accurate statement?Selected Answer: Professional codes are the rules that are supposed to govern the conduct of members of a given profession.Correct Answer: -
Question 2
The code or principles of conduct that a person acceptsSelected Answer: can be distinguished from the person’s morality in a broader sense that includes his or her values, ideals, and aspirations.Correct Answer: -
Question 3
Accepting a moral principleSelected Answer: generally involves a desire to follow that principle for its own sake.Correct Answer: -
Question 4
Good moral judgments should be logical andSelected Answer: based on facts and acceptable moral principles.Correct Answer: -
Question 5
Which of the following is not one of the four basic kinds of law?Selected Answer: contractual lawCorrect Answer: -
Question 6
Which statement is true concerning moral principles and self interests?Selected Answer: Morality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live together.Correct Answer: -
Question 7
When religion and morality are considered,Selected Answer: the moral instructions of the world’s great religions are often general and imprecise.Correct Answer: -
Question 8
Choose the statement that is a true reflection of moral behavior.Selected Answer: Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.Correct Answer: -
Question 9
The authors use the murder of Kitty Genovese to illustrateSelected Answer: bystander apathy.Correct Answer: -
Question 10
Which of the following characteristics distinguishes moral standards from other sorts of standards?Selected Answer: moral standards take priority over other standards, including self-interestCorrect Answer: -
Question 11
What criteria concerning moral judgments should we agree with?Selected Answer: Moral standards typically concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.Correct Answer: -
Question 12
If an argument is valid, thenSelected Answer: its conclusion must be true, if its premises are.Correct Answer: -
Question 13
Ethical relativism supports the theory thatSelected Answer: what is morally right is what society says is morally right.Correct Answer: -
Question 14
A proper perspective of religion and morality isSelected Answer: it’s not true that morality must be based on religionCorrect Answer: -
Question 15
How did Aristotle view morality?Selected Answer: It’s necessary for us to try to be virtuous or excellent human beings.Correct Answer: