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Ethics | Set 1

1. Ethics is the science of :

Correct : C. conduct

2. The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek word :

Correct : A. ethos

3. Ethos means:

Correct : C. character

4. The word mores means:

Correct : B. customs

5. The term Right is derived from the Latin

Correct : C. rectus

6. Rectus means:

Correct : A. straight

7. The term Good is connected with the German term:

Correct : D. gut

8. Ethics is a------------------------science.

Correct : C. normative

9. Normative science deals with:

Correct : A. standards

10. Aesthetics deals with the standard of:

Correct : A. beauty

11. Ethics deals with the standard of:

Correct : C. goodness

12. Logic deals with the norm of:

Correct : B. truth

13. Positive science concerned with:

Correct : A. facts

14. ‘Ethics is neither a practical science nor an art’, This assertion is:

Correct : B. correct

15. Truth, Beauty, and -------------are considered as the principles of philosophy.

Correct : B. goodness

16. The applied dimension of Ethics is known as:

Correct : A. applied ethics

17. ---------------- deals with logical and semantic questions like ‘What do we mean by “freedom” and “determinism”

Correct : D. meta ethics

18. Ethics determines rightness or wrongness of-------------------

Correct : A. human actions

19. When we a say that conduct is right, we mean primarily that;

Correct : B. it is according to rule

20. A thing is generally said to be good when it is valuable for

Correct : A. some end.

21. Positive science deals with judgments of facts while ethics is concerned with judgments of:

Correct : D. value

22. Logic deals with the correctness of

Correct : A. thought

23. Ethics deals with the correctness of

Correct : A. conduct

24. ------------------ is not a normative discipline.

Correct : C. metaphysics

25. Ethics deals with the standards to describe------------------------

Correct : C. right and good

26. Ethics is concerned the ------------------- to judge human conduct

Correct : A. standards

27. Logic, Ethic and Aesthetics- these three sciences are essentially -------------------

Correct : C. cognate

28. Ethics investigates the nature of its fundamental notions like right, duty and ---------

Correct : B. good

29. Ethics considers the ------------ of goodness.

Correct : A. standard

30. Morality consists of goodness, which is really an ------------- end

Correct : B. intrinsic

31. ---------------is a collective name for voluntary actions:

Correct : B. conduct

32. --------------------is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome.

Correct : D. desire

33. ‘Human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action’. Whose view is this?

Correct : A. hobbes

34. Consciousness of ----------is called an appetite.

Correct : D. an organic need

35. Who defines an instinct as an inherited psycho physical disposition?

Correct : C. mcdougall

36. The desires that predominate or continue to be effective is called:

Correct : A. wish

37. ------------- a conscious mental process which moves a man to act in a particular way.

Correct : D. motive

38. The term intention corresponds the term:

Correct : B. purpose

39. The whole willed scheme of action, which is anticipated by the doer is called:

Correct : D. intention.

40. According to Mackenzie the formal intention means the -------------------embodied in fact

Correct : A. principle

41. The particular result as a realised fact is:

Correct : D. material intention

42. The remote intention of an act is sometimes called:

Correct : A. motive

43. “The motive means, of course, what moves us or causes us to act in a particular way”. Who asserted this?

Correct : C. mackenzie

44. A person’s conduct corresponding to his ---------------------

Correct : C. character

45. Desire is a sense of longing of a person for ----------------

Correct : C. an outcome

46. Hobbes asserted that human desire is the ----------------------- of all human action.

Correct : D. fundamental motivation

47. An intention which the agent does not definitely avows to himself is called:

Correct : C. unconscious intention

48. When a man acts blindly without considering the end or result of his action. Such actions is called:

Correct : A. impulsive action

49. A motive is -------------------- mental process

Correct : B. a conscious

50. Sucking of the thump by a child is a:

Correct : C. habitual action

51. McDougall defines an instinct as ---------------------- psycho physical disposition

Correct : A. an inherited

52. Human beings share some kinds of needs with the lower animals and even with plants are called:

Correct : B. organic needs

53. ----------------is the general term for the theories that regards happiness

Correct : B. hedonism

54. Hedonism the term derives from the Greek word :

Correct : A. hedone

55. Hedone means:

Correct : C. delight

56. Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that ------------- is the only intrinsic good.

Correct : A. pleasure

57. According to the nature of seeking pleasure hedonism can be divided broadly in to Psychological hedonism and ----------------------

Correct : C. ethical hedonism

58. Men always seeks pleasure-this position is known as:

Correct : A. psychological hedonism

59. Man ought to seeks pleasure, the position is known as:

Correct : A. ethical hedonism

60. Each man seeks, or ought to seek, is his own pleasure, this type of ethical hedonism is called:

Correct : C. egoistic ethical hedonism

61. The theory which holds that the right action is the one that produces the greatest happiness for all is:

Correct : A. universal ethical hedonism

62. The most influential contributor to Universal ethical hedonism is:

Correct : D. john stuart mill

63. Universalistic Ethical Hedonism is also known as:

Correct : C. utilitarianism

64. Utilitarian school having the slogan:

Correct : B. the greatest happiness of greatest number

65. The --------------------- is a method of counting the amount of pleasure and pain that would likely be caused by different actions.

Correct : D. hedonistic calculus

66. The Hedonic Calculus is a method of counting the amount of ------------------- that would likely be caused by different actions.

Correct : A. pleasure and pain

67. Who introduced the method of hedonic calculus?

Correct : C. bentham

68. ---------------- refers to the likelihood that the pleasure or pain will occur

Correct : A. certainty

69. --------------------- refers to how long away the pleasure or pain is.

Correct : C. propinquity

70. ----------------------- refers to the likelihood of the pleasure or pain leading to more of the same sensation.

Correct : B. fecundity

71. ------------- refers to the likelihood of the pleasure or pain leading to some of the opposite sensation.

Correct : B. purity

72. -------------- refers to the number of people the pleasure or pain is likely to affect.

Correct : D. extent

73. ----------------- refers to the felt strength of the pleasure or pain.

Correct : D. intensity

74. -------------- refers to how long the pleasure or pain are felt for.

Correct : B. duration

75. Hedonic Calculus of Bentham is a ----------------------- calculus.

Correct : D. seven point

76. The hedonism which, focuses the quantity of the pleasure, rather than the quality is called:

Correct : A. quantitative hedonism.

77. Bentham’s version of hedonism is known as:

Correct : A. quantitative hedonism.

78. J. S. Mill’s version of hedonism is known as:

Correct : B. qualitative hedonism

79. Mill argues that -------------------- are superior to physical forms of pleasure.

Correct : A. moral pleasures

80. Mill made ---------------- separation of pleasures.

Correct : B. qualitative

81. Mill argued that pleasures could vary in:

Correct : D. quality

82. According to J.S. Mill Lower pleasures are those associated with the:

Correct : A. body

83. According to J.S. Mill higher pleasures are those associated with the:

Correct : B. mind

84. According to J.S. Mill --------------pleasures are those associated with the mind

Correct : A. higher

85. According to J.S. Mill ---------------- pleasures are those associated with the body.

Correct : B. lower

86. Mill justified ----------------------- pleasures are more valuable than bodily pleasures.

Correct : C. intellectual

87. Mill’s theory of Hedonism focuses on the quality of the pleasure, rather than the quantity, so it is called:

Correct : C. qualitative hedonism.

88. Laws of ------------ can be violated but cannot be changed

Correct : C. ethics

89. The laws of ethics can be violated but cannot be ----------------

Correct : A. changed

90. According to Immanuel Kant the moral law is known ---------------.

Correct : C. intuitively

91. According to Immanuel Kant moral law is:

Correct : A. a priori

92. According to Immanuel Kant moral law is:

Correct : B. self evident

93. According to Kant the moral law is a:

Correct : C. categorical imperative

94. According to Kant a natural law is:

Correct : C. assertorial

95. Kant argues that Categorical Imperative is the ------------------- it applies to all persons.

Correct : A. universal moral law

96. According to Kant ----------------- is the fundamental postulate of morality.

Correct : A. freedom of the will

97. ‘Freewill is implied by morality’ Who argues this?

Correct : D. kant

98. Kant’s ethical doctrine is called:

Correct : D. formalism

99. Kant’s ethical theory is called:

Correct : B. deontology

100. Kant assumes that --------------------- are the only two motives of actions.

Correct : B. duty and self-interest