Ethics (Set 1)
Ethics (Set 1)
Ethics (Set 1)
1 of 2 sets
6. Rectus means:
A. straight
B. direct
C. correct
D. good
Answer:A
8. Ethics is a------------------------science.
A. positive
B. applied
C. normative
D. systematic
Answer:C
14. ‘Ethics is neither a practical science nor an art’, This assertion is:
A. wrong
B. correct
C. neither right nor wrong
D. none of these
Answer:B
17. ---------------- deals with logical and semantic questions like ‘What do we mean
by “freedom” and “determinism”
A. applied ethics
B. normative ethics
C. practical ethics
D. meta ethics
Answer:D
21. Positive science deals with judgments of facts while ethics is concerned with
judgments of:
A. beauty
B. truth
C. thought
D. value
Answer:D
27. Logic, Ethic and Aesthetics- these three sciences are essentially -------------------
A. positive
B. intuitive
C. cognate
D. none of these
Answer:C
28. Ethics investigates the nature of its fundamental notions like right, duty and
---------
A. beauty
B. good
C. thought
D. none of these
Answer:B
33. ‘Human desire is the fundamental motivation of all human action’. Whose view
is this?
A. hobbes
B. mathew arnold
C. mcdougall
D. mackenzie
Answer:A
37. ------------- a conscious mental process which moves a man to act in a particular
way.
A. wish
B. will
C. instinct
D. motive
Answer:D
39. The whole willed scheme of action, which is anticipated by the doer is called:
A. desire
B. purpose
C. instinct
D. intention.
Answer:D
43. “The motive means, of course, what moves us or causes us to act in a particular
way”. Who asserted this?
A. mcdougall
B. hobbes
C. mackenzie
D. mathew arnold
Answer:C
46. Hobbes asserted that human desire is the ----------------------- of all human
action.
A. fundamental intention
B. fundamental nature
C. fundamental character
D. fundamental motivation
Answer:D
47. An intention which the agent does not definitely avows to himself is called:
A. remote intention
B. formal intention
C. unconscious intention
D. conscious intention
Answer:C
48. When a man acts blindly without considering the end or result of his action.
Such actions is called:
A. impulsive action
B. voluntary action
C. organic actions
D. none of these
Answer:A
52. Human beings share some kinds of needs with the lower animals and even with
plants are called:
A. natural needs
B. organic needs
C. immediate needs
D. none of these
Answer:B
53. ----------------is the general term for the theories that regards happiness
A. intuitionism
B. hedonism
C. emotivism
D. eudemonism
Answer:B
56. Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that ------------- is the only intrinsic
good.
A. pleasure
B. virtue
C. justice
D. freedom
Answer:A
57. According to the nature of seeking pleasure hedonism can be divided broadly in
to Psychological hedonism and ----------------------
A. physiological hedonism
B. natural hedonism
C. ethical hedonism
D. none of the above
Answer:C
60. Each man seeks, or ought to seek, is his own pleasure, this type of ethical
hedonism is called:
A. universal ethical hedonism
B. utilitarianism
C. egoistic ethical hedonism
D. none of these
Answer:C
61. The theory which holds that the right action is the one that produces the
greatest happiness for all is:
A. universal ethical hedonism
B. psychological hedonism
C. egoistic ethical hedonism
D. none of these
Answer:A
65. The --------------------- is a method of counting the amount of pleasure and pain
that would likely be caused by different actions.
A. utility calculus
B. universal calculus
C. idealistic calculus
D. hedonistic calculus
Answer:D
68. ---------------- refers to the likelihood that the pleasure or pain will occur
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Answer:A
69. --------------------- refers to how long away the pleasure or pain is.
71. ------------- refers to the likelihood of the pleasure or pain leading to some of the
opposite sensation.
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. intensity
Answer:B
72. -------------- refers to the number of people the pleasure or pain is likely to
affect.
A. certainty
B. purity
C. propinquity
D. extent
Answer:D
76. The hedonism which, focuses the quantity of the pleasure, rather than the
quality is called:
A. quantitative hedonism.
B. qualitative hedonism
C. universal hedonism
D. none of these
Answer:A
82. According to J.S. Mill Lower pleasures are those associated with the:
A. body
B. mind
C. soul
D. intellect
Answer:A
83. According to J.S. Mill higher pleasures are those associated with the:
A. body
B. mind
C. soul
D. intellect
Answer:B
85. According to J.S. Mill ---------------- pleasures are those associated with the
body.
A. higher
B. lower
C. quantitative
D. none of these
Answer:B
86. Mill justified ----------------------- pleasures are more valuable than bodily
pleasures.
A. emotional
B. instinctive
C. intellectual
D. none of these
Answer:C
87. Mill’s theory of Hedonism focuses on the quality of the pleasure, rather than
the quantity, so it is called:
A. egoistic hedonism
B. ethical hedonism
C. qualitative hedonism.
D. quantitative hedonism
Answer:C
95. Kant argues that Categorical Imperative is the ------------------- it applies to all
persons.
A. universal moral law
B. universal natural law
C. conditional moral law
D. none of these
Answer:A
100. Kant assumes that --------------------- are the only two motives of actions.
A. freedom and duty
B. duty and self-interest
C. duty and good will
D. none of these
Answer:B