Deontology - Quiz
A) An action is right if it aligns with individual desire. B) An action is right if it produces the greatest good. C) An action is right if it follows human laws. D) An action is right if God has decreed it is right.
A) Jeremy Bentham B) W. D. Ross C) William of Ockham D) John Stuart Mill
A) Rightness depends on duty rather than consequences. B) It prioritizes the happiness of the greatest number. C) It relies on scientific evidence rather than faith. D) It emphasizes personal freedom over divine decree.
A) The action is irrelevant to morality. B) The action is not truly right. C) The action is considered highly virtuous. D) The action is considered right regardless of motive.
A) Kantianism rejects universal laws; divine command accepts them. B) Kantianism is religious; divine command is secular. C) Kantianism focuses on consequences; divine command focuses on duty. D) Kantianism sees humans as makers of the law; divine command sees God as the maker.
A) The focus on individual rights. B) The reliance on a single foundational principle. C) The rejection of divine commands. D) The lack of religious influence.
A) Consequentialist B) Hedonistic C) Monistic D) Pluralistic
A) Fidelity B) Self-interest C) Utilitarianism D) Hedonism
A) Promoting the aggregate good. B) Making amends for wrongful acts. C) Keeping promises and telling the truth. D) Distributing benefits equally.
A) Not hurting others. B) Promoting the maximum of aggregate good. C) Returning kindnesses received. D) Improving one's own condition.
A) Prima facie duties are based on God's command. B) Prima facie duties are only for children. C) Absolute duty takes all considerations into account. D) Absolute duty is always universal.
A) Improving one's own condition. B) Not hurting others. C) Returning kindness. D) Keeping promises.
A) Actions that produce the most happiness. B) Actions that are always correct regardless of circumstance. C) Actions required unless a greater obligation trumps them. D) Actions derived from the categorical imperative.
A) Ralph Cudworth B) W. D. Ross C) René Descartes D) Immanuel Kant
A) Moral dilemmas where duties conflict. B) The lack of universal principles. C) The difficulty of measuring aggregate good. D) The absence of a supreme being.
A) French B) Ancient Greek C) Latin D) German
A) Personal happiness B) Consequences of actions C) Rules and principles D) Virtue cultivation
A) C. D. Broad B) Benjamin Constant C) Immanuel Kant D) Jeremy Bentham
A) Judgement-based ethics B) Universal law C) Duty to the state D) Religious morality
A) Religious law B) Kantianism C) Ethical naturalism D) Utilitarianism
A) Maxim B) Universal law C) Respect D) Duty
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Four
A) Latin B) German C) French D) Greek
A) Good will B) Categorical imperative C) Universal kingdom D) Rechtsquelle
A) John Stuart Mill B) Thomas Nagel C) Jeremy Bentham D) Peter Singer
A) Deontic authority B) Coercive authority C) Absolute authority D) Epistemic authority
A) An employer assigning tasks B) A government issuing laws C) A teacher providing reliable knowledge D) A police officer giving a command
A) Jeremy Bentham B) Immanuel Kant C) Frances Kamm D) John Stuart Mill
A) To derive a deontological constraint that coheres with considered case judgments B) To provide a purely utilitarian framework C) To abolish all forms of harm D) To minimize government intervention
A) Only if the doctor is an expert B) No C) Only with consent D) Yes
A) 2000 B) 2010 C) 2007 D) 1996
A) C.D. Broad. B) Iain King. C) Thomas Nagel. D) Valluvar.
A) Normative doctrines. B) Epistemological doctrines. C) Virtue ethics. D) Consequentialist frameworks.
A) Phala. B) Dharma. C) Kural. D) Moksha.
A) Spiritual liberation (Moksha). B) Utilitarian happiness. C) The establishment of rational law. D) Empirical success. |
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