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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy (BA Philosophy) .
| 201. |
The book ‘Social Responsibilities of the Businessman ‘ is written by : |
| A. | M Bayles |
| B. | Kant |
| C. | Chodoff P |
| D. | Howard Bowen |
| Answer» D. Howard Bowen | |
| 202. |
Killing someone for the sake of mercy to relieve great suffering is ----- |
| A. | Murder |
| B. | Suicide |
| C. | Euthanasia |
| D. | Abortion |
| Answer» C. Euthanasia | |
| 203. |
The Nazi Euthanasia programe was not motivated by the concern for : |
| A. | The suffering |
| B. | The Germans |
| C. | The deceived relatives |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. The deceived relatives | |
| 204. |
The notion of free market is associated with -------- business |
| A. | Macro |
| B. | Micro |
| C. | Traditional |
| D. | Molar |
| Answer» B. Micro | |
| 205. |
The first objective of business is ------------ |
| A. | Economic |
| B. | Social |
| C. | Welfare |
| D. | Both (a) and (b) |
| Answer» A. Economic | |
| 206. |
Allowing the patient to die by withholding treatment is -------------- euthanasia |
| A. | Active |
| B. | Voluntary |
| C. | Non voluntary |
| D. | Passive |
| Answer» B. Voluntary | |
| 207. |
---------- makes statements about ethics or ethical statements without using ethical words |
| A. | Meta ethics |
| B. | Meta physics |
| C. | Meta language |
| D. | logic |
| Answer» A. Meta ethics | |
| 208. |
Taking a direct action designed to kill the patient is ------------euthanasia |
| A. | Passive |
| B. | Active |
| C. | Non voluntary |
| D. | Voluntary |
| Answer» B. Active | |
| 209. |
The dictionary meaning of Euthanasia is ------- |
| A. | Suicide |
| B. | Murder |
| C. | Gentle and easy death |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. Gentle and easy death | |
| 210. |
Who denied the possibility of ethics providing an universal rule and canon for every possible case? |
| A. | Moore |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | J.S. Mill |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» B. F.H. Bradley | |
| 211. |
---------- is a reasonable extension of the ethical principles in the actual circumstances of the moral life. |
| A. | Conduct |
| B. | Customs |
| C. | casuistry |
| D. | Good |
| Answer» C. casuistry | |
| 212. |
Who calls casuistry is the goal of ethical investigation: |
| A. | G. E. Moore |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | J.S. Mill |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» A. G. E. Moore | |
| 213. |
--------- argued that, ethical theories have no effect on particular moral decisions in practice. |
| A. | Moore |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | Mackenzie |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» C. Mackenzie | |
| 214. |
‘The greatest happiness of the greatest number’ is related with: |
| A. | Utilitarianism |
| B. | Intuitionism |
| C. | Emotivism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Utilitarianism | |
| 215. |
The -------------------- theory of ethics have produced a slackening of moral efforts in this age. |
| A. | Intuitionist |
| B. | emoitivist |
| C. | utilitarianist |
| D. | evolutionary |
| Answer» D. evolutionary | |
| 216. |
Whose life and ethical practice leads to the founding of University College, London |
| A. | Moore |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | Bentham |
| D. | Mackenzie |
| Answer» C. Bentham | |
| 217. |
Rule of----------are the most important among the rules of ethics in present century.. |
| A. | Eugenics |
| B. | Intuitionism |
| C. | motivism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Eugenics | |
| 218. |
--------- claims to be a practical as well as a theoretical science |
| A. | Eugenics |
| B. | Intuitionism |
| C. | emotivism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Eugenics | |
| 219. |
----------- is the attempt to apply ethical principles to the case of doubt in our practical experience |
| A. | Conduct |
| B. | Customs |
| C. | casuistry |
| D. | Good |
| Answer» C. casuistry | |
| 220. |
Who makes strong condemnation to casuistry?. |
| A. | Moore |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | Mackenzie |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» B. F.H. Bradley | |
| 221. |
Among these who has regarded ethics as a practical subject |
| A. | J.S. Mill |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | Mackenzie |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. J.S. Mill | |
| 222. |
‘Moral end is the preservation of life in the individual life or in the race’- This view is related with: |
| A. | Evolutionary theory |
| B. | Emotivism |
| C. | Utilitarianism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Evolutionary theory | |
| 223. |
Intuitionism is described by |
| A. | G. E. Moore |
| B. | Sidgwick |
| C. | J.S. Mill |
| D. | Bentham |
| Answer» B. Sidgwick | |
| 224. |
Universal happiness is related with |
| A. | Evolutionary theory |
| B. | Emotivism |
| C. | Utilitarianism |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» C. Utilitarianism | |
| 225. |
---------- is always more influential than moral theory |
| A. | Applied ethics |
| B. | Normative ethics |
| C. | Practical ethics |
| D. | Meta Ethics |
| Answer» C. Practical ethics | |
| 226. |
Who among them is not regarded ethics as a practical subject?. |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| C. | Bradley |
| D. | J. S. Mill |
| Answer» C. Bradley | |
| 227. |
----------- had a deep interest in the practical applications of ethics. |
| A. | Plato |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | Mackenzie |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. Plato | |
| 228. |
----------- regarded ethics as a practical subject. |
| A. | St. Thomas Aquinas |
| B. | F.H. Bradley |
| C. | Mackenzie |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» A. St. Thomas Aquinas | |
| 229. |
‘lesser breeds without the law’ Who wrote this ? |
| A. | Keats |
| B. | P.B. Shelly |
| C. | Rudyard Kipling |
| D. | Oscar Wild |
| Answer» C. Rudyard Kipling | |
| 230. |
The principle of equality should be considered as |
| A. | Practical action |
| B. | affirmative action |
| C. | negative action |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. affirmative action | |
| 231. |
Who wrote the book ‘A Theory of Justice’? |
| A. | Keats |
| B. | P.B. Shelly |
| C. | Rudyard Kipling |
| D. | John Rawls |
| Answer» D. John Rawls | |
| 232. |
Range property- this term is related with: . |
| A. | Keats |
| B. | P.B. Shelly |
| C. | Rudyard Kipling |
| D. | John Rawls |
| Answer» D. John Rawls | |
| 233. |
Rawls suggests, the property of -------------------- is a property that virtually all humans possess |
| A. | personality |
| B. | amoral personality |
| C. | moral personality |
| D. | individuality |
| Answer» C. moral personality | |
| 234. |
By ‘moral personality’ Rawls does not mean -------------------------- |
| A. | good person |
| B. | good man |
| C. | good personality |
| D. | morally good personality |
| Answer» D. morally good personality | |
| 235. |
Rawls says, a moral person, must have a sense of |
| A. | wisdom |
| B. | freedom |
| C. | duty |
| D. | justice |
| Answer» D. justice | |
| 236. |
Rawls maintains that ------------is the basis of human equality |
| A. | trust worthy personality |
| B. | moral personality |
| C. | individual freedom |
| D. | justice |
| Answer» B. moral personality | |
| 237. |
‘Contract’ approach to justice is related with: |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Russell |
| C. | Rawls |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» C. Rawls | |
| 238. |
The ------------ sees ethics as a kind of mutually beneficial agreement |
| A. | contract tradition |
| B. | freedom tradition |
| C. | individual tradition |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. contract tradition | |
| 239. |
The contract tradition sees -------- as a kind of mutually beneficial agreement |
| A. | aesthetics |
| B. | charity |
| C. | duty |
| D. | ethics |
| Answer» D. ethics | |
| 240. |
The people of European descent are superior to those of other races- This is an example for: |
| A. | Sexist claim |
| B. | religious claim |
| C. | racist claim |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. racist claim | |
| 241. |
The women as emotionally deeper and more caring, but also less rational, less aggressive, and less enterprising than men – This is an example for: |
| A. | Sexist claim |
| B. | religious claim |
| C. | racist claim |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. Sexist claim | |
| 242. |
The fact that humans differ as individuals, not as races or sexes- Among these who agree with this assertion?. |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Eysenck |
| C. | Rawls |
| D. | Plato |
| Answer» B. Eysenck | |
| 243. |
The principle of -------------------- may be a defensible form of the principle that all humans are equal |
| A. | Equal consideration of freedom |
| B. | equal consideration of choice |
| C. | equal consideration of interests |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. equal consideration of interests | |
| 244. |
Who published the article ‘How Much Can We Boost IQ and Scholastic Achievement? |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Eysenck |
| C. | Rawls |
| D. | Arthur Jensen |
| Answer» D. Arthur Jensen | |
| 245. |
Who was accused of spreading racist propaganda and likened to Hitler? |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Eysenck |
| C. | Rawls |
| D. | Arthur Jensen |
| Answer» D. Arthur Jensen | |
| 246. |
---------------- shows the opposition to the idea that there are biological factors behind male dominance. |
| A. | Sexist |
| B. | Initial feminist |
| C. | Racist |
| D. | Anthropologist |
| Answer» B. Initial feminist | |
| 247. |
Initial feminist shows the opposition to the idea that there are biological factors behind ----------------- |
| A. | male dominance. |
| B. | male aggression |
| C. | male freedom |
| D. | male violence |
| Answer» A. male dominance. | |
| 248. |
The --------------- of the feminist movement agree with the idea that biological differences between the sexes are influential |
| A. | second wave |
| B. | first wave |
| C. | third wave |
| D. | fifth wave |
| Answer» A. second wave | |
| 249. |
The second wave of the feminist movement agree with the idea that biological differences between the sexes are ------------ |
| A. | controversial |
| B. | not influential |
| C. | influential |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. influential | |
| 250. |
Equal status does not depend on intelligence- who shows agreement with this view? |
| A. | Hobbes |
| B. | Thomas Jefferson |
| C. | Rawls |
| D. | Arthur |
| Answer» B. Thomas Jefferson | |
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