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01 Questions and Methods in Ethics Online Quiz Questions

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20 questions

True or false

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True or false: The existence of moral disagreement, by itself, proves that there are no moral truths.

A
True
B
False

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A hospital must decide how to distribute a limited supply of medicine among patients. Which area of ethical inquiry directly examines what the hospital should do in this specific case?

A
Metaethics, because the decision involves a question of right and wrong
B
Applied ethics, because it examines what to do in a specific case
C
Normative ethics, because it studies only the meaning of moral words
D
Moral disagreement, because more than one patient may be affected

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What area of ethical inquiry asks whether moral claims are capable of being true or false?

Fill in the blank

1 point

In deductive reasoning, a valid argument with true premises is .

True or false

1 point

True or false: Moral reasoning can involve revising a judgment, not only reaching an initial conclusion.

A
True
B
False

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In an argument, what is the singular term for a claim offered as a reason for the conclusion?

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Which option lists three broad approaches considered in normative ethics?

A
Privacy, medical decisions, and environmental responsibilities
B
Truth, meaning, and the status of moral claims
C
Virtue ethics, deontology, and consequentialism
D
Factual beliefs, social practices, and personal experiences

Fill in the blank

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In moral reasoning, one should identify relevant and consider who may be by a possible action.

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Select all questions that directly help assess the quality of an argument.

A
Whether the premises are credible
B
Whether the argument uses emotionally forceful wording
C
Whether the premises support the conclusion
D
Whether important information has been left out
E
Whether the conclusion is popular

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Two people both value fairness, but one thinks fairness requires equal treatment while the other thinks it requires more help for those in greater need. Which best describes their disagreement?

A
They disagree about whether fairness is a moral value at all
B
They share a value but interpret its requirements differently
C
They have established that fairness has no objective meaning
D
They disagree only because one person lacks relevant facts

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Select all factors that can help explain why people disagree about a moral question.

A
Different factual beliefs
B
Different background assumptions
C
The mere existence of disagreement proving that every view is equally justified
D
Different priorities or interpretations of a situation

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Why might applying an ethical principle to a specific policy or choice fail to produce an automatic answer?

A
Ethical principles apply only to personal decisions, not policies
B
Specific cases cannot involve more than one moral value
C
Applied ethics avoids reasoning about facts
D
People may disagree about relevant facts, how to interpret a principle, or how to weigh conflicting values

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Which statement best describes the difference between deductive arguments and many ethical arguments that weigh competing considerations?

A
Deductive arguments weigh competing considerations, while nondeductive arguments always make their conclusions unavoidable
B
Deductive validity concerns necessary support from premises; many ethical arguments support conclusions by weighing considerations without making them unavoidable
C
A nondeductive argument has no premises, while a deductive argument has only one
D
Every ethical argument is a deductive proof if its premises are credible

Open ended

1 point

A hospital has enough of a medicine for one patient, but several patients need it. Explain how applied ethics, normative ethics, and metaethics would each frame a question about this situation.

True or false

1 point

True or false: Ethics is only a record of what people or societies believe, and does not assess whether those beliefs are reasonable.

A
True
B
False

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1 point

Which area of ethical inquiry develops general standards for conduct and examines what makes actions right or wrong?

A
Normative ethics develops standards for conduct and examines what makes actions right or wrong.
B
Metaethics investigates the nature and status of moral claims.
C
Applied ethics examines specific practices, policies, and choices.
D
Metaethics applies a moral principle to settle a particular practical case.

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A committee wants to develop a general principle for allocating scarce medical resources across future cases. Which area of ethics is most directly concerned with developing such standards for conduct?

A
Applied ethics, because it settles a particular hospital case
B
Metaethics, because it analyzes the meaning of moral language
C
Normative ethics, because it asks which general standards should guide conduct
D
Metaethics, because it determines which patient has the greatest need

Written response

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What area of ethical inquiry develops standards for conduct and examines what makes an action right or wrong?

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Two people agree that avoidable serious harm should be prevented but disagree about whether a particular policy actually causes such harm. Which interpretation best fits this disagreement?

A
They necessarily reject the same moral principle.
B
Their disagreement may arise from different factual beliefs about the situation.
C
The existence of their disagreement proves there are no moral truths.
D
They must disagree about the meaning of the word “good.”

Written response

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In an argument, what is the term for the claim that the premises are offered to support?