Chapter 7 Test Philosophy

Chapter 7 Test Philosophy

 Question 1
1 out of 1 points



Ethical ____ holds that moral right and wrong depend on the culture a person belongs to.




Selected Answer:
relativism




 Question 2
0 out of 1 points



Nonconsequentialist theories include ____.




Selected Answer:
the divine command theory




 Question 3
1 out of 1 points



Velasquez defines ____ as "the standards that an individual or a group has about what is right and wrong or good and evil."




Selected Answer:
morality




 Question 4
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Kant held that we ____.




Selected Answer:
ought always to treat persons as ends and never as means




 Question 5
1 out of 1 points



According to Aristotle, our emotions lead us to ____.




Selected Answer:
b and d




 Question 6
1 out of 1 points



____ is a consequentialist theory.




Selected Answer:
Utilitarianism




 Question 7
1 out of 1 points



Arguing against ethical relativism, James Rachels points out that there are areas of inquiry, such as ____, in which disagreement does not imply relativism about the truth.




Selected Answer:
medicine




 Question 8
1 out of 1 points



According to ____, there is no single correct universally applicable moral standard.




Selected Answer:
cultural relativism




 Question 9
1 out of 1 points



Utilitarianism judges the rightness or wrongness of an action ____.




Selected Answer:
by its consequences for the happiness of people affected




 Question 10
1 out of 1 points



In active euthanasia, unlike passive euthanasia, ____.




Selected Answer:
the patient's death is deliberately caused, for example by a lethal drug





 Question 1
0 out of 1 points



According to Wollstonecraft, women are kept in a morally inferior and dependent state by ____.




Selected Answer:
b and d...

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