McqMate
1. |
Ethics is the science of : |
A. | beauty |
B. | truth |
C. | conduct |
D. | mind |
Answer» C. conduct |
2. |
The word "ethics" is derived from the Greek word : |
A. | ethos |
B. | ethies |
C. | ethees |
D. | ethise |
Answer» A. ethos |
3. |
Ethos means: |
A. | conduct |
B. | customs |
C. | character |
D. | good |
Answer» C. character |
4. |
The word mores means: |
A. | conduct |
B. | customs |
C. | character |
D. | good |
Answer» B. customs |
5. |
The term Right is derived from the Latin |
A. | ritus |
B. | ritchus |
C. | rectus |
D. | rightss |
Answer» C. rectus |
6. |
Rectus means: |
A. | straight |
B. | direct |
C. | correct |
D. | good |
Answer» A. straight |
7. |
The term Good is connected with the German term: |
A. | goto |
B. | gutte |
C. | gud |
D. | gut |
Answer» D. gut |
8. |
Ethics is a------------------------science. |
A. | positive |
B. | applied |
C. | normative |
D. | systematic |
Answer» C. normative |
9. |
Normative science deals with: |
A. | standards |
B. | facts |
C. | judgements |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. standards |
10. |
Aesthetics deals with the standard of: |
A. | beauty |
B. | truth |
C. | goodness |
D. | conduct |
Answer» A. beauty |
11. |
Ethics deals with the standard of: |
A. | beauty |
B. | truth |
C. | goodness |
D. | fact |
Answer» C. goodness |
12. |
Logic deals with the norm of: |
A. | beauty |
B. | truth |
C. | goodness |
D. | conduct |
Answer» B. truth |
13. |
Positive science concerned with: |
A. | facts |
B. | norms |
C. | standards |
D. | rules |
Answer» A. facts |
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. correct |
15. |
Truth, Beauty, and -------------are considered as the principles of philosophy. |
A. | fact |
B. | goodness |
C. | conduct |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. goodness |
16. |
The applied dimension of Ethics is known as: |
A. | applied ethics |
B. | normative ethics |
C. | meta ethics |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. applied ethics |
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. meta ethics |
18. |
Ethics determines rightness or wrongness of------------------- |
A. | human actions |
B. | human thought |
C. | human judgements |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. human actions |
19. |
When we a say that conduct is right, we mean primarily that; |
A. | it is according to truth |
B. | it is according to rule |
C. | it is according to law |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. it is according to rule |
20. |
A thing is generally said to be good when it is valuable for |
A. | some end. |
B. | some practice |
C. | some action |
D. | some facts |
Answer» A. some end. |
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. value |
22. |
Logic deals with the correctness of |
A. | thought |
B. | conduct |
C. | perception |
D. | intuition |
Answer» A. thought |
23. |
Ethics deals with the correctness of |
A. | conduct |
B. | thought |
C. | perception |
D. | intuition |
Answer» A. conduct |
24. |
------------------ is not a normative discipline. |
A. | ethics |
B. | logic |
C. | metaphysics |
D. | aesthetics |
Answer» C. metaphysics |
25. |
Ethics deals with the standards to describe------------------------ |
A. | good and evil |
B. | true and false |
C. | right and good |
D. | all of these |
Answer» C. right and good |
26. |
Ethics is concerned the ------------------- to judge human conduct |
A. | standards |
B. | facts |
C. | objects |
D. | all of these |
Answer» A. standards |
27. |
Logic, Ethic and Aesthetics- these three sciences are essentially ------------------- |
A. | positive |
B. | intuitive |
C. | cognate |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. cognate |
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. good |
29. |
Ethics considers the ------------ of goodness. |
A. | standard |
B. | fact |
C. | object |
D. | all of these |
Answer» A. standard |
30. |
Morality consists of goodness, which is really an ------------- end |
A. | effective |
B. | intrinsic |
C. | instrumental |
D. | teleogical |
Answer» B. intrinsic |
31. |
---------------is a collective name for voluntary actions: |
A. | virtue |
B. | conduct |
C. | desire |
D. | will |
Answer» B. conduct |
32. |
--------------------is a sense of longing for a person or object or hoping for an outcome. |
A. | wish |
B. | instinct |
C. | tendency |
D. | desire |
Answer» D. desire |
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. hobbes |
34. |
Consciousness of ----------is called an appetite. |
A. | a wish |
B. | a desire |
C. | a motive |
D. | an organic need |
Answer» D. an organic need |
35. |
Who defines an instinct as an inherited psycho physical disposition? |
A. | hobbes |
B. | mathew arnold |
C. | mcdougall |
D. | mackenzie |
Answer» C. mcdougall |
36. |
The desires that predominate or continue to be effective is called: |
A. | wish |
B. | will |
C. | instinct |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. wish |
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. motive |
38. |
The term intention corresponds the term: |
A. | desire |
B. | purpose |
C. | instinct |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. purpose |
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. intention. |
40. |
According to Mackenzie the formal intention means the -------------------embodied in fact |
A. | principle |
B. | purpose |
C. | instinct |
D. | action |
Answer» A. principle |
41. |
The particular result as a realised fact is: |
A. | remote intention |
B. | formal intention |
C. | immediate intention |
D. | material intention |
Answer» D. material intention |
42. |
The remote intention of an act is sometimes called: |
A. | motive |
B. | purpose |
C. | instinct |
D. | action |
Answer» A. motive |
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. mackenzie |
44. |
A person’s conduct corresponding to his --------------------- |
A. | motive |
B. | habit |
C. | character |
D. | action |
Answer» C. character |
45. |
Desire is a sense of longing of a person for ---------------- |
A. | an end |
B. | a action |
C. | an outcome |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. an outcome |
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. fundamental motivation |
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. unconscious intention |
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. impulsive action |
49. |
A motive is -------------------- mental process |
A. | an intuitive |
B. | a conscious |
C. | an unconscious |
D. | an immediate |
Answer» B. a conscious |
50. |
Sucking of the thump by a child is a: |
A. | impulsive action |
B. | involuntary action |
C. | habitual action |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. habitual action |
51. |
McDougall defines an instinct as ---------------------- psycho physical disposition |
A. | an inherited |
B. | an intentional |
C. | an immediate |
D. | an effective |
Answer» A. an inherited |
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. organic needs |
53. |
----------------is the general term for the theories that regards happiness |
A. | intuitionism |
B. | hedonism |
C. | emotivism |
D. | eudemonism |
Answer» B. hedonism |
54. |
Hedonism the term derives from the Greek word : |
A. | hedone |
B. | hedine |
C. | hedon |
D. | hedoine |
Answer» A. hedone |
55. |
Hedone means: |
A. | happy |
B. | good |
C. | delight |
D. | pleasure |
Answer» C. delight |
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. pleasure |
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. ethical hedonism |
58. |
Men always seeks pleasure-this position is known as: |
A. | psychological hedonism |
B. | natural hedonism |
C. | ethical hedonism |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. psychological hedonism |
59. |
Man ought to seeks pleasure, the position is known as: |
A. | ethical hedonism |
B. | psychological hedonism |
C. | . natural hedonism |
D. | none of the above |
Answer» A. ethical hedonism |
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. egoistic ethical hedonism |
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. universal ethical hedonism |
62. |
The most influential contributor to Universal ethical hedonism is: |
A. | kant |
B. | sidgwick |
C. | butler |
D. | john stuart mill |
Answer» D. john stuart mill |
63. |
Universalistic Ethical Hedonism is also known as: |
A. | hedonism |
B. | universalism |
C. | utilitarianism |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. utilitarianism |
64. |
Utilitarian school having the slogan: |
A. | the greatest happiness of the individual |
B. | the greatest happiness of greatest number |
C. | the happiness of all |
D. | the happiness of greatest number |
Answer» B. the greatest happiness of greatest number |
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. hedonistic calculus |
66. |
The Hedonic Calculus is a method of counting the amount of ------------------- that would likely be caused by different actions. |
A. | pleasure and pain |
B. | result |
C. | virtue |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. pleasure and pain |
67. |
Who introduced the method of hedonic calculus? |
A. | kant |
B. | sidgwick |
C. | bentham |
D. | john stuart mill |
Answer» C. bentham |
68. |
---------------- refers to the likelihood that the pleasure or pain will occur |
A. | certainty |
B. | purity |
C. | propinquity |
D. | intensity |
Answer» A. certainty |
69. |
--------------------- refers to how long away the pleasure or pain is. |
A. | certainty |
B. | purity |
C. | propinquity |
D. | intensity |
Answer» C. propinquity |
70. |
----------------------- refers to the likelihood of the pleasure or pain leading to more of the same sensation. |
A. | certainty |
B. | fecundity |
C. | propinquity |
D. | intensity |
Answer» B. fecundity |
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. purity |
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. extent |
73. |
----------------- refers to the felt strength of the pleasure or pain. |
A. | certainty |
B. | purity |
C. | propinquity |
D. | intensity |
Answer» D. intensity |
74. |
-------------- refers to how long the pleasure or pain are felt for. |
A. | certainty |
B. | duration |
C. | propinquity |
D. | intensity |
Answer» B. duration |
75. |
Hedonic Calculus of Bentham is a ----------------------- calculus. |
A. | five point |
B. | eight point |
C. | nine point |
D. | seven point |
Answer» D. seven point |
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. quantitative hedonism. |
77. |
Bentham’s version of hedonism is known as: |
A. | quantitative hedonism. |
B. | qualitative hedonism |
C. | universal hedonism |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. quantitative hedonism. |
78. |
J. S. Mill’s version of hedonism is known as: |
A. | quantitative hedonism. |
B. | qualitative hedonism |
C. | universal hedonism |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. qualitative hedonism |
79. |
Mill argues that -------------------- are superior to physical forms of pleasure. |
A. | moral pleasures |
B. | emotional pleasure |
C. | material pleasure |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. moral pleasures |
80. |
Mill made ---------------- separation of pleasures. |
A. | quantitative |
B. | qualitative |
C. | psychological |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. qualitative |
81. |
Mill argued that pleasures could vary in: |
A. | duration |
B. | quantity |
C. | intensity |
D. | quality |
Answer» D. quality |
82. |
According to J.S. Mill Lower pleasures are those associated with the: |
A. | body |
B. | mind |
C. | soul |
D. | intellect |
Answer» A. body |
83. |
According to J.S. Mill higher pleasures are those associated with the: |
A. | body |
B. | mind |
C. | soul |
D. | intellect |
Answer» B. mind |
84. |
According to J.S. Mill --------------pleasures are those associated with the mind |
A. | higher |
B. | lower |
C. | quantitative |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. higher |
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. lower |
86. |
Mill justified ----------------------- pleasures are more valuable than bodily pleasures. |
A. | emotional |
B. | instinctive |
C. | intellectual |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. intellectual |
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. qualitative hedonism. |
88. |
Laws of ------------ can be violated but cannot be changed |
A. | nature |
B. | constitution |
C. | ethics |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. ethics |
89. |
The laws of ethics can be violated but cannot be ---------------- |
A. | changed |
B. | obliged |
C. | explained |
D. | described |
Answer» A. changed |
90. |
According to Immanuel Kant the moral law is known ---------------. |
A. | empirically |
B. | practically |
C. | intuitively |
D. | intellectually |
Answer» C. intuitively |
91. |
According to Immanuel Kant moral law is: |
A. | a priori |
B. | a posteriori |
C. | empirical |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. a priori |
92. |
According to Immanuel Kant moral law is: |
A. | empirical |
B. | self evident |
C. | intellectual |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. self evident |
93. |
According to Kant the moral law is a: |
A. | assertorial imperative |
B. | conditional imperative |
C. | categorical imperative |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. categorical imperative |
94. |
According to Kant a natural law is: |
A. | unconditional |
B. | categorical |
C. | assertorial |
D. | none of these |
Answer» C. assertorial |
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. universal moral law |
96. |
According to Kant ----------------- is the fundamental postulate of morality. |
A. | freedom of the will |
B. | freedom of the judgment |
C. | freedom of the intellect |
D. | none of these |
Answer» A. freedom of the will |
97. |
‘Freewill is implied by morality’ Who argues this? |
A. | sidgwick |
B. | john stuart mill |
C. | bentham |
D. | kant |
Answer» D. kant |
98. |
Kant’s ethical doctrine is called: |
A. | hedonism |
B. | utilitarianism |
C. | intuitionalism |
D. | formalism |
Answer» D. formalism |
99. |
Kant’s ethical theory is called: |
A. | teleology |
B. | deontology |
C. | axiology |
D. | none of these |
Answer» B. deontology |
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. duty and self-interest |
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