Ethics Test 1

According to the hedonist, happiness is only good for you if you want to be happy.

Rejecting hedonism requires denying that happiness is intrinsically valuable

According to Nozick, most people would choose NOT to live in the experience machine.

In responding to the Swine objection, hedonists often point out that people (unlike swine) are capable of both physical and mental pleasures. Mill explains that Epicurean Hedonist's further responded to the swine objection by writers by arguing for "the superiority of mental over bodily pleasures chiefly in the greater permanency, safety, uncostliness, etc., of the former—that is, in their circumstantial advantages." Which of the following is the best paraphrase of the Epicurean thesis presented in this quotation?

Mill's competent judge argument aims to establish a kind of qualitative hedonism which says that:

Argument X has true premises and a true conclusion. Is this enough information to determine whether the argument is valid or invalid?

Which of the following best captures the view known as Divine Command Theory?

According to utilitarianism, the moral rule that tells us to "Do the most overall good" is best described as:

Which of the following best captures the utilitarian explanation for what it is that makes slavery is wrong.

In responding to the worry that utilitarianism demands too much of us in our deliberation and motivation, utilitarians will stress that the utilitarian principle is best thought of as:

There are some series of statements that fail to make an argument.

Any argument with a false conclusion is guaranteed to be deductively invalid.

Which of the following are examples of statements (choose all that apply)?

Any argument with a false conclusion is guaranteed to be deductively invalid.

Consider the following argument: If Stella studied for her final exam then she got an A. Stella got an A on her final exam. Therefore, Stella studied for her final exam. This is best described as...

Which of the following are examples of common forms of inductive arguments (choose ALL that apply)?

Morality can only be objective if there are absolute moral rules (i.e. Moral rules that are always wrong to break without any exceptions).

With which of the following would a cultural relativist agree?

Which of the following is a worry we raised for cultural relativism in class?

If there is wide disagreement between people and societies about a particular claim, then that claim cannot be objectively true.

If God does not create morality, then religion and God are necessarily irrelevant to ethics.

According to the definitions in Chapter 5, Atheists are people who believe that God does not exist.

Atheism is inconsistent with the Divine Command Theory

Which of the following claims is inconsistent with the Divine Command Theory?

Plato's Euthyphro Dilemma raises which of the following worries for the Divine Command Theory (DCT)?

What is one worry that some theists have for the view that says God commands us not to kill innocent people because it is wrong to do so?

One worry for the appeal to religion as a means of motivating people to do the right thing is that it would only seem to make people more conscientious. However, if this conscientiousness were paired with incorrect moral principles it might actually make a person more likely to do the wrong thing.

According to Chapter five, what is involved in having a (morally) good character?

Many believe that in order for their to be an objective moral law God must exist. Which of the following is a premise in the "argument for God's creation of morality" for such a view?

Which of the following conditions must be met if we are to be justified in appealing to religion for moral guidance?

According to Hedonism, your own happiness improves your life even if you don't want to be happy.

According to Mill, all of our beliefs can only be known if we have an argument we used to establish that belief.

Rejecting hedonism requires denying that happiness is intrinsically valuable.

It is possible for something to be both intrinsically bad but instrumentally good.

In class we discussed a distinction between empiricism and rationalism. Which of these two views puts a stronger emphasis on the role of experience in: (i) explaining our ability to form concepts/ideas about things and (ii) providing justification for the things we know?

*According to Mill*, what provides us with the best evidence we can get for determining whether something is intrinsically valuable?

In responding to the Swine objection, hedonists often point out that people (unlike swine) are capable of both physical and mental pleasures. Mill explains that Epicurean Hedonist's further responded to the swine objection by writers by arguing for "the superiority of mental over bodily pleasures chiefly in the greater permanency, safety, uncostliness, etc., of the former—that is, in their circumstantial advantages." Which of the following is the best paraphrase of the Epicurean thesis presented in this quotation?

According to Mill's Competent Judge Argument, when comparing pleasures (independently of their consequences) most human people show a preference for...

What is Autonomy?

Nozick's experience machine aims to show which of the following:

Consequentialism is a theory of value.

An action that benefits the largest number of people is NOT necessarily the optimific action.

Consequentialism is a particular kind of Utilitarianism.

Imagine that Rosie is faced with a choice where every action she could possibly take would only lead to bad consequences. According to consequentialism, there is no morally right action for Rosie to take in this situation.

What attitude do most utilitarians have toward most conventional moral rules such as 'be kind', 'do not kill an innocent person', 'keep your promises', and 'do not lie'?

According to utilitarians, what is most important for determining the morality of actions:

Which of the following is a reason often given in support of adopting a utilitarianism that understanding right action in terms of expected results instead of actual results?

Which of the following is a reason often given in support of adopting a utilitarianism that understanding right action in terms of actual results instead of expected results?

According to Utilitarians, what makes someone or something part of the moral community?

Assuming consequentialism is true, which of the following considerations would NOT be relevant for assessing the morality of capital punishment (i.e. The death penalty)?