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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) , Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) .
| 101. |
According to Kant duty as the fundamental concept of ethics, this view is called: |
| A. | teleology |
| B. | deontology |
| C. | concequntalism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. deontology | |
| 102. |
Self- realisation is the highest good, this notion is known called: |
| A. | perfectionism |
| B. | utilitarianism |
| C. | hedonism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. perfectionism | |
| 103. |
The Greek term eudemonia means: |
| A. | perfection |
| B. | goodness |
| C. | happiness |
| D. | virtue |
| Answer» C. happiness | |
| 104. |
Perfectionism is also called: |
| A. | intuitionism |
| B. | eudemonism |
| C. | formalism |
| D. | hedonism |
| Answer» B. eudemonism | |
| 105. |
‘My station and its Duties’ is related with: |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» B. f. h. bradley | |
| 106. |
‘Ones duties relate to his own station in life’ Who argues this? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | f. h. bradley |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. f. h. bradley | |
| 107. |
According to F. H. Bradley, performance of duties appropriate to ones station will leads to : |
| A. | perfection |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | pleasure |
| D. | self- realisation |
| Answer» D. self- realisation | |
| 108. |
F. H. Bradley argues that each member has a particular station in society determined by his peculiar |
| A. | talent |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | virtue |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. talent | |
| 109. |
‘His duties are determined by his station in society’, Who said this? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | bentham |
| C. | f. h. bradley |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. f. h. bradley | |
| 110. |
F. H. Bradley asserts that, society is a---------------------- |
| A. | social organism |
| B. | moral organism |
| C. | cultural organism |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. moral organism | |
| 111. |
According to F. H. Bradley different ----------------- are organs of the moral organism |
| A. | communities |
| B. | sects |
| C. | individuals |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. individuals | |
| 112. |
The highest personal good is in harmony with the highest social good. – Who claims this notion? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» B. f. h. bradley | |
| 113. |
F. H. Bradley claims that --------------- is never possible apart from society. |
| A. | liberation |
| B. | happiness |
| C. | existence |
| D. | self-realization |
| Answer» D. self-realization | |
| 114. |
According to F. H. Bradley personal morality apart from social morality is an --------- |
| A. | abstraction |
| B. | imperfection |
| C. | intuitional |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. abstraction | |
| 115. |
Bradley means by self-realization, realization of the: |
| A. | infinite self |
| B. | finite self |
| C. | life |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. infinite self | |
| 116. |
Bradley argues that morality is : |
| A. | subjective |
| B. | individualistic |
| C. | personal |
| D. | objective |
| Answer» D. objective | |
| 117. |
The hedonism of Herbert Spencer is called: |
| A. | evolutionary hedonism |
| B. | qualitative hedonism |
| C. | quantitative hedonism |
| D. | universalistic hedonism |
| Answer» A. evolutionary hedonism | |
| 118. |
‘Data of Ethics’ is related with: |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | spencer |
| Answer» D. spencer | |
| 119. |
Herbert Spencer deduces moral laws from: |
| A. | natural laws |
| B. | biological laws |
| C. | sociological laws |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. biological laws | |
| 120. |
Who deduces hedonism from the law of biological evolution? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. spencer | |
| 121. |
Spencer deduces hedonism from the law of: |
| A. | sociological evolution |
| B. | natural evolution |
| C. | biological evolution |
| D. | universal evolution |
| Answer» C. biological evolution | |
| 122. |
Morality is a product of evolution- Who holds this view? |
| A. | spencer |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | bentham |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» A. spencer | |
| 123. |
Spencer defines ---------------- as the adjustment of acts to ends. |
| A. | good will |
| B. | freedom |
| C. | conduct |
| D. | virtue |
| Answer» C. conduct | |
| 124. |
‘Pleasure in an index of increase of life; pain is an index of decrease of life’ Who advocates this view? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | kant |
| Answer» C. spencer | |
| 125. |
‘Pleasure-giving acts are life-sustaining; pain-giving acts are life-destroying’- Who holds this position? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | kant |
| D. | herbert spencer |
| Answer» D. herbert spencer | |
| 126. |
Thus pleasure is both ------------------- and ethically good. |
| A. | biologically |
| B. | naturally |
| C. | empirically |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. biologically | |
| 127. |
According to Herbert Spencer Self-preservation and race- preservation are the ultimate ends of ------------------------- |
| A. | natural evolution |
| B. | sociological evolution |
| C. | biological evolution |
| D. | political evolution |
| Answer» C. biological evolution | |
| 128. |
Spencer distinguishes between Absolute ethics and------------------- |
| A. | relative ethics |
| B. | ultimate ethics |
| C. | intuitive ethics |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. relative ethics | |
| 129. |
Spencer argues that Relative ethics deals with relative morality in --------------society. |
| A. | a perfect |
| B. | an imperfect |
| C. | good |
| D. | bad |
| Answer» B. an imperfect | |
| 130. |
Spencer argues that absolute ethics deals with the absolute morality in ---------society |
| A. | a perfect |
| B. | an imperfect |
| C. | good |
| D. | bad |
| Answer» A. a perfect | |
| 131. |
‘To realise the completely rational universe is to realize the true self’, Who holds this view? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | t. h. green |
| Answer» D. t. h. green | |
| 132. |
T. H. Green holds that there is a ----------------------- in nature. |
| A. | natural principle |
| B. | spiritual principle |
| C. | cosmic principle |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. spiritual principle | |
| 133. |
‘Moral progress is the gradual reproduction of divine perfection in man’- Who holds this view? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | t. h. green |
| Answer» D. t. h. green | |
| 134. |
Butler’s ethical position is called as: |
| A. | hedonism |
| B. | perfectionism |
| C. | naturalism |
| D. | intuitionism |
| Answer» D. intuitionism | |
| 135. |
Bishop Butler regarded -----------------as the highest principle in human nature. |
| A. | good will |
| B. | conscience |
| C. | soul |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» B. conscience | |
| 136. |
According to Butler Conscience is: |
| A. | conditional |
| B. | flexible |
| C. | categorical |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. categorical | |
| 137. |
“Man is a law to himself”. Who asserts this? |
| A. | sidgwick |
| B. | f. h. bradley |
| C. | spencer |
| D. | butler |
| Answer» D. butler | |
| 138. |
Rogers calls Butler’s doctrine as: |
| A. | autonomic intuitionism. |
| B. | autonomic empiricism |
| C. | autonomic positivism |
| D. | autonomic expressionism |
| Answer» A. autonomic intuitionism. | |
| 139. |
Hennery Sidgwick’s ethical position is known as: |
| A. | intuitional utilitarianism |
| B. | rational utilitarianism |
| C. | qualitative utilitarianism |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» B. rational utilitarianism | |
| 140. |
Sidgwick holds that ---------------is the only intrinsic value. |
| A. | pleasure |
| B. | virtue |
| C. | good will |
| D. | freedom |
| Answer» A. pleasure | |
| 141. |
Sidgwick considers knowledge, beauty, and virtue are: |
| A. | ends of pleasure |
| B. | means to pleasure |
| C. | pleasure itself |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. means to pleasure | |
| 142. |
Rights are -------------------of individuals recognised by society |
| A. | obligation |
| B. | moral claims |
| C. | moral freedom |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» B. moral claims | |
| 143. |
Duties are -------------------- of individuals recognised by society |
| A. | obligations |
| B. | moral claims |
| C. | moral freedom |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» A. obligations | |
| 144. |
Right is a: |
| A. | claim |
| B. | need |
| C. | justifiable claim |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. justifiable claim | |
| 145. |
Duties are : |
| A. | obligations |
| B. | moral claims |
| C. | moral freedom |
| D. | moral obligations |
| Answer» D. moral obligations | |
| 146. |
---------- are indispensible for the realization of the highest good and common good. |
| A. | duties |
| B. | moral rights |
| C. | virtue |
| D. | desire |
| Answer» B. moral rights | |
| 147. |
Rights and duties are: |
| A. | contradictory to each other |
| B. | opposed to each other |
| C. | correlative to each other |
| D. | none of these |
| Answer» C. correlative to each other | |
| 148. |
The first right of man is: |
| A. | the right to live |
| B. | the right to freedom |
| C. | the right to property |
| D. | the right to education |
| Answer» A. the right to live | |
| 149. |
The sacredness of life should be recognised in: |
| A. | right to live |
| B. | right to freedom |
| C. | right to property |
| D. | right to education |
| Answer» A. right to live | |
| 150. |
‘Rights of property are essentially personal’- Who hold this position? |
| A. | kant |
| B. | mill |
| C. | hegel |
| D. | butler |
| Answer» C. hegel | |
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