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Name: Klariz C. Bornea Program/Year/Section: BSCE-CEM 1A

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Final Examination
GE10 Ethics

Directions: MULTIPLE CHOICE. Write your answer on the space provided before the number.
STRICLTY NO ERASURE! One point deduction on every erasure.

A 1. According to J. Bentham, man is under two great masters, namely:

a. pain and pleasure c. sorrow and desire
b. grief and joy d. pain and desire

D 2. The degree to which an act produces pleasure.

a. “value” c. “consequence”
b. “utilitarianism” d. “utility”

B 3. The rightness of actions is determined solely by their consequences.

a. Hedonism c. Utilitarianism
b. Consequentialism d. Consequentialist

C 4. It is a thesis that pleasure or happiness is the good that we seek and that we should seek.
a. Consequentialism c. Hedonism
b. Utilitarianism d. Universalism

D 5. Which of the following is not in the scope of ethics?

a. Obligations c. Ideals
b. Prohibitions d. None of the above

A 6. “the new movie I had just seen was a good one because I enjoyed it”
a. Aesthetics c. Technique and technical
b. Etiquette d. Attitude

D 7. “a song I had just heard on the radio was a bad one because it had and unpleasant tone”
a. Attitude c. Technique and technical
b. Etiquette d. Aesthetics

B 8. “it is right to knock politely on someone’s door”

a. Attitude c. Technique and technical
b. Etiquette d. Aesthetics

C 9. Leaning how to play basketball (obeying the rules)

a. Attitude c. Technique and technical
b. Etiquette d. Aesthetics

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A 10. Reports how people, particularly groups, make their moral valuations without making any
judgment either for or against these valuations.
a. Descriptive study of Ethics c. Standard study of Ethics
b. Informative study of Ethics d. Normative study of Ethics

C 11. “A friend of mine chooses to steal from the store, and I make an assessment that it is wrong.”
a. Moral Issue c. Moral Decision
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgement

B 12. Right and wrong action but not grave enough to belong to the discussion on ethics.
a. Obligations c. Ideals
b. Etiquette d. Prohibitions

C 13. Learning how to bake (right thing to do in baking)

a. Attitude c. Technique and technical
b. Etiquette d. Aesthetics

B 14. It is a more complicated situation wherein one is torn between choosing one of two goods or
choosing between the lesser of two evils.
a. Moral Issue c. Moral Decision
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgement

B 15. Right and wrong technique of doing things

a. Attitude c. Etiquette
b. Technical Valuation d. Aesthetics

D 16. Specific beliefs or attitudes that people have or to describe acts that people perform.
a. Ethics c. Culture
b. Religion d. Morals

A 17. It equips man with a (theoretical) knowledge of the morality of the human acts.
a. Ethics c. Morality
b. Religion d. Morals

D 18. If morality, therefore, is the practice of Ethics, morality, then, should be properly called as
a. Applied Morality c. Applied Standards
b. Applied Ethics d. Applied Ethical Standards

A 19. “It is good if I say that it is good.”

a. Subjectivism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Egoistic

B 20. “Human beings are naturally self-centered, so all our actions are always already motivated by our
self-interest.” This is under the theory of
a. Subjectivism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Moral Egoism

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C 21. It says that the Result or the Consequence of an Act is the real measure of whether it is good or
bad.
a. Natural Law c. Utilitarianism
b. Common Good d. Egoism

D 22. This theory emphasizes Ends over Means.

a. Subjectivism c. Rule Utilitarianism
b. Act Utilitarianism d. Utilitarianism

C 23. Ethics is also called Moral Philosophy, or precisely, the other name of Ethics is
a. Applied Morality c. Moral Philosophy
b. Applied Ethics d. Moral Theology

D 24. It prescribes what we ought to maintain as our standards or bases for moral valuation.
a. Descriptive study of Ethics c. Standard study of Ethics
b. Informative study of Ethics d. Normative study of Ethics

D 25. Three theories about ethics that centre on the self

a. Objectivism, Psychological Egoism, Ethical Egoism
b. Subjectivism, Psychological Egoism, Moral Egoism
c. Subjectivism, Physiological Egoism, Ethical Egoism
d. Subjectivism, Psychological Egoism, Ethical Egoism

B 26. It can be spoken of as giving someone a “reason” for acting in a certain way.
a. Love of Desire c. Rewarding Pleasure
b. Fear of Punishment d. Desire for Compensation

A 27. It is the law that pertains on God’s perfect plan, not fully knowable to humans.
a. Eternal Law c. Divine Law
b. Natural Law d. Civil Law

C 28. It is primarily from the Bible, guided individuals beyond the world to "eternal happiness" in
what St. Augustine had called the "City of God."
a. Eternal Law c. Divine Law
b. Natural Law d. Civil Law

A 29. Imagine a situation wherein a person cannot afford a certain item, but the possibility presents
itself for her to steal it. Which ethical dimension of human existence does this belong?
a. Moral Issue c. Moral Decision
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgement

C 30. “I choose not to take something I did not pay for.”

a. Moral Issue c. Moral Decision
b. Moral Dilemma d. Moral Judgement

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D 31. It is a systematic attempt to establish the validity of maintaining certain moral principles.
a. Natural Law c. Ethics
b. Common Good d. Moral Theory

C 32. Which of the following is not one of the sources of Authority?

a. Law c. Ethics
b. Religion d. Culture

A 33. Rules and regulations that are posited or put forward by an authority figure that require
compliance. This kind of law is called
a. Positive Law c. Civil Law
b. Human Law d. Primary Law

C 34. It can certainly motivate us to act, but not in themselves a determinant of the rightness or
wrongness of a certain way of acting or of the good or the bad in a particular pursuit.
a. Terror of Punishment and Longing for Reward
b. Fear of Penalty and Joyful Reward
c. Fear of Punishment and Desire for Reward
d. None of the above

A 35. The law does not tell us what we should do; it works from constraining us from performing acts
that we should not do. In what nature of law does this statement speaks?
a. Prohibitive nature of law c. Descriptive nature of law.
b. Normative nature of law d. Unreasonable nature of law.

B 36. It cannot tell us what to pursue, only what to avoid.

a. Ethics c. Morality
b. Law d. Rule

A 37. “Love the Lord, your God, therefore, and always heed his charge: his statutes, decrees, and
commandments.”
a. The Authority of One’s Religion
b. The authority of the Law
c. The authority of one’s own Culture

C 38. In religious sensitivity, one is obliged to obey his/her God in all things. This referred to as
a. Cultural command theory c. Eternal command theory
b. Natural command theory d. Divine command theory

D 39. It is not simply prohibitive, but it also provides ideals to pursue.

a. Ethics c. Morality
b. Law d. Religion

A 40. It is considered as one’s guide to ethical behavior.

a. The Authority of One’s Religion

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b. The authority of the Law

c. The authority of one’s own Culture

A 41. Bad things that we should avoid; the right ways in which we could or should act and the wrong
ways of acting. This is the primary concern of
a. Ethics c. Morality
b. Law d. Religion

B 42. This kind of question leads to another level of thinking.

a. “WHAT?” c. “WHO?”
b. “HOW?” d. “WHY?”

C 43. Which of the following is the proper way (or right way) of doing things?
a. Attitude c. Technique and technical
b. Etiquette d. Aesthetics

B 44. This is about determining the grounds for the values with particular and special significance to
human life
a. Law c. Morality
b. Ethics d. Religion

D 45. A theory that emphasizes the results or consequences is called

a. Utilitarianism c. Egoism
b. Moral Egoism d. Consequentialism

B 46. A way of recognizing our being in the world with others. This statement belongs to a theory
called
a. Subjectivism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Moral Egoism

D 47. It tells us how we ought to act or what we should do

a. Law c. Religion
b. Morality d. Ethics

C 48. Purpose or motive, act or rule, and results or consequences are areas of emphasis in
a. Making moral judgments c. Making moral dilemma
b. Making moral decision d. Making moral issue

A 49. A theory that considers a right action is that which produces the greatest good consequences
and the least bad.
a. Consequentialism c. Maximalism
b. Universalism d. Hedonism

D 50. An English philosopher, political radical and legal and social reformer of the early Modern
period.
a. John Stuart Mill c. Mahatma Gandhi
b. Aristotle d. Jeremy Bentham

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A 51. The starting point of this theory is the recognition that the individual thinking person is at the
heart of all moral valuations.
a. Subjectivism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Moral Egoism

D 52. The more radical claim of this theory is that the individual is the sole determinant of what is
morally good or bad, right or wrong. What is this theory?
a. Moral Egoism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Subjectivism

B 53. “No one can tell me what is right and wrong.”

a. Moral Egoism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Subjectivism d. Psychological Egoism

A 54. This theory exposes that the consequences to be considered are those of everyone affected, and
everyone equally.
a. Consequentialism c. Universalism
b. Maximalism d. Hedonism

A 55. According to Jeremy Bentham an action is right if and only if it produces the greatest balance of
pleasure over pain for the greatest number. What kind of utilitarianism is this?
a. Hedonistic Utilitarianism c. Rule Utilitarianism
b. Act Utilitarianism d. Actual Utilitarianism

C 56. “No one knows my situation better than myself.”

a. Moral Egoism c. Subjectivism
b. Ethical Egoism d. Psychological Egoism

B 57. This is a theory that describes the underlying dynamic behind all human actions.
a. Subjectivism c. Ethical Egoism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Moral Egoism

D 58. Who is the medieval Roman Catholic scholar who reconciled the political philosophy of Aristotle
with Christian faith?
a. St. Anselm c. St. Bonaventure
b. St. Augustine of Hippo d. St. Thomas Aquinas

B 59. This is a belief that what is ethically acceptable and unacceptable is relative to, or that is to say,
dependent of one’s culture.
a. Cultural belief c. Cultural relationship
b. Cultural relativism d. Cultural affiliation

B 60. Which of the following theories that does not suppose all our actions are inevitably self-serving?
a. Ethical Egoism c. Subjectivism
b. Psychological Egoism d. Moral Egoism
Bonus questions:

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A •According to John Stuart Mill, an action is right if and only if it conforms to a set of rules the
general acceptance of which would produce the greatest balance of pleasure over pain for the greatest
number.
a. Subjectivism c. Rule Utilitarianism
b. Act Utilitarianism d. Utilitarianism

A •A discipline of studying and understanding ideal human behaviour and ideal ways of thinking.
a. Ethics c. Morality
b. Logic d. Psychology

B •Ethics provides principles or bases of right or wrong and good or bad actions, ________
actualizes the theory.
a. Ethics c. Morality
b. Morals d. Psychology
Prepared by:

Chia Alfonso L. Paniza

Instructor I

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