ETHC 232 Week 4 Quiz

ETHC 232  Week 4 Quiz | Devry University

Week 4: Chapter 6 - A Foundation for Judgment

Question 1

_____, an eighteenth-century English philosopher, argued that there is no logical way to get from knowing what is to knowing what ought to be

Question 2

If morality were subjective and knowing what is could never lead to knowing what ought to be, one might reasonably have certain expectations. Which of the following are these expectations? (Check all that apply.)

Question 3

The _____ begins with the moral judgments that "all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness."

Question 4

An organizational code of ethics is regarded as the standard of _____ within the organization

Question 5

A person learns that hate crimes are prevalent across the United States, and considers these crimes a moral outrage and favors punishing the perpetrators. In this scenario, the person expresses _____.

Question 6

What did David Hume believe about the foundation of moral judgments?

Question 7

One can justify in concluding that David Hume was mistaken on his belief that knowing what is could never lead to knowing what ought to be when the statements made by people _____.

Question 8

The Declaration of Independence presents a lengthy list of "Injuries and Usurpations" allegedly committed by _____ against the colonists.

Question 9

From whose work did Mortimer Adler find the key to solving the problem of ought statements?

Question 10

True or false: Violations of an organization's code of ethics generally result in formal reprimand or, in serious cases, dismissal.

Question 11

True or false: Contradiction is always blatant.

Question 12

Which of the following scenarios primarily exemplifies an objective moral assessment?

Question 13

Which among the following statements best supports David Hume's belief that there was no foundation for making moral judgments?

Question 14

What solution to the problem of ought did Mortimer Adler find from the work of Aristotle?

Question 15

Which among the following statements best describes the principle of contradiction?

Question 16

A person learns that hate crimes are prevalent across the United States, and considers these crimes a moral outrage and favors punishing the perpetrators. In this scenario, the person expresses _____.

Question 17

One can justify in concluding that David Hume was mistaken on his belief that knowing what is could never lead to knowing what ought to be when the statements made by people _____.

Question 18

According to Mortimer Adler, what is the "first principle of moral philosophy"?

Question 19

According to relativism, issues of right and wrong are _____.

Question 20

____ refer to the norms or principles that are true at all times and in all places and admit of no exceptions.

Question 21

What is the advantage of the principle of right desire and the principle of contradiction?

Question 22

_____ is the view that no obvious moral standard is possible.