Quiz 11 | Higher Education | Oxford University Press

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Question 1:

Good worldviews will, as a minimum requirement, consist of good theories.
a) True
b) False

Question 2:

Plausible moral theories must be consistent with our experience of the moral life.
a) True
b) False

Question 3:

What counts most in the moral theory known as act-utilitarianism is adherence to rules of conduct.
a) True
b) False

Question 4:

Only conscientious people have moral theories.
a) True
b) False

Question 5:

Moral premises are always explicit in moral arguments.
a) True
b) False

Question 6:

Moral arguments differ from non-moral ones in that their conclusions are moral statements.
a) True
b) False

Question 7:

We all have a worldview, and our notions about morality are an important part of it.
a) True
b) False

Question 8:

The work of building a plausible worldview will always involve
a) those moral judgements that are endorsed by conscience.
b) those moral judgements that the majority of poeople accept.
c) those moral judgements that we accept after we reason about them carefully.
d) those moral judgements that we accept because of our upbringing.

Question 9:

A moral theory tries to explain
a) a moral agent's motivations.
b) what society defines as acceptable.
c) what people believe.
d) what makes an action right or what makes a person good.

Question 10:

The divine command theory is the view that what makes an action right is
a) that it maximizes overall happiness.
b) that it minimizes overall happiness.
c) that God commands it or wills it.
d) that it maximizes respect for persons.

Question 11:

We can evaluate a moral premise by
a) trying to think of counterexamples to it.
b) referring to the non-moral premise.
c) evaluating the conclusion.
d) rewording the non-moral premise.

Question 12:

The best approach to identifying implicit premises is to treat moral arguments as
a) inductive.
b) deductive.
c) non-moral statements.
d) theories.

Question 13:

The standard moral argument is a mixture of
a) statements and queries.
b) moral and non-moral statements.
c) deductive and inductive premises.
d) questions and answers.

Question 14:

Subjective relativism implies that each person is
a) morally responsible.
b) conscientious.
c) tolerant.
d) morally infallible.

Question 15:

Cultural relativism implies that it is impossible to disagree with one's culture and be
a) wrong.
b) right.
c) fallible.
d) understood.

Question 16:

Subjective relativism implies that each person is
a) morally responsible.
b) conscientious.
c) tolerant.
d) morally infallible.

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The Power of Critical Thinking, Second Canadian Edition: Chapter 11