Question 1

Philosophy means "love of wisdom."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Atheists cannot be moral.

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A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

There are two major approaches to the study of morality.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

"Human beings should always act in the interests of others." Is this

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A)  descriptive?
B)  prescriptive?
C)  analytic?
D)  metaethical?

Question 5

Morality is the same as law and custom.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Morality cannot be either true of false.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

If human beings are the source of value then morality is

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A)  supernatural.
B)  natural.
C)  objective.
D)  subjective.

Question 8

Ethics is

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A)  the study of knowledge.
B)  the study of the nature of reality.
C)  the study of human behavior.
D)  the study of right and wrong.
E)  the study of what is socially acceptable.

Question 9

According to the author of the text moral conflicts can be resolved through

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A)  religion.
B)  tradition.
C)  social acceptability.
D)  rational compromise. D

Question 10

Morality is a subfield of religion.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Philosophers demand in general that beliefs, propositions, and ideas be examined

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A)  according to tradition.
B)  without evaluation.
C)  with the Bible in hand.
D)  critically.

Question 12

Who said that morality was bound up with the function of a human being?

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A)  Sophocles
B)  Jacques Thiroux
C)  Your instructor
D)  Aristotle
E)  Bill Clinton

Question 13

Ethics is solely concerned with the question "What is knowledge?"

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Why, according to the author of the textbook, should humans be moral?

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A)  self-interest
B)  law
C)  tradition
D)  common human needs

Question 15

Philosophical morality is the study of right and wrong actions and good and bad persons.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

I already know right from wrong.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The most important moral issues arise for most ethicists when human beings come together in

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A)  harmony.
B)  religions.
C)  social groups.
D)  matrimony.

Question 18

Ethics is the study of human conduct and human values.

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A) True 
 B)False

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There are two major approaches to the study of morality.

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"Human beings should always act in the interests of others." Is this

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Morality is the same as law and custom.

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Morality cannot be either true of false.

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If human beings are the source of value then morality is

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Ethics is

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Ethics is solely concerned with the question "What is knowledge?"

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Philosophical morality is the study of right and wrong actions and good and bad persons.

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I already know right from wrong.

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The most important moral issues arise for most ethicists when human beings come together in

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Ethics is the study of human conduct and human values.

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Morality is the same as law and custom.

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