ETHC 101 Quiz 2

ETHC 101 Quiz 2

ETHC 101 Quiz 2 Liberty University

ETHC 101 Quiz 2 Consequentialism, Duty Ethics, and Christian Ethics

Covers the Learn material from Module 2: Week 2.

 

1. According to the Moral Choices textbook, what is a major problem with the evolutionary view of morality?
2. According to the Moral Choices textbook, the evolutionary view of morality holds that:
3. According to the Moral Choices textbook, which of the following is not a solution for resolving apparent conflicts between divine commands?
4. According to the Moral Choices textbook, the Bible itself appeals to natural law.
5. According to the Moral Choices textbook, Christian Ethics holds that morality is:
6. According to the Moral Choices textbook, what is the problem with a strict divine command theory?
7. According to the Moral Choices textbook, which of these is NOT a problem for duty ethics:
8. According to the Moral Choices textbook, objective goodness is not simply rooted in God’s commands, but ultimately in what?
9. According to the Moral Choices textbook, was is the unifying theme of the Old Testament?
10. According to the Moral Choices textbook, relativism has philosophical roots in what?

 

Set 1

1. Which of the following thinkers is specifically mentioned in Moral Reasoning as having influenced the thinking of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America?
2. Modified Divine Command Theory is another name for which of the following theories:
3. Utilitarianism says that:
4. According to the Biblical Ethics textbook, which theory posits that morality is a corporate illusion that has developed through biological processes?
5. According to the Moral Reasoning textbook, Ethical Egoism says that:
6. The goal of exegesis is to discover:
7. According to the Biblical Ethics textbook, the ethical theory developed by Joseph Fletcher and founded on the principle of love refers to:
8. A consequentialist metaethic is an approach to ethics that says that:
9. According to the Moral Reasoning textbook, what book on social ethics did Thomas Hobbes write?
10. Social Contract theory proposes that:

Set 2

1. What was special about the ring of Gyges?
2. Which of the following could be an example of a “list metaethic”:
3. How did Aristotle explain the “Golden Mean”?
4. Who was the author of the Nichomachaen Ethics?
5. Pacifism is:
6. What is “tribalism,” as the term is used in the assigned reading in Christian Ethics?
7. The book Christian Ethics uses the term “Christian Realism” to refer to which of the following views:
8. When considering what the Christian attitude toward capital punishment ought to be, what are mentioned in Christian Ethics
as values that might trump justice as concerns that should influence the position that one takes?
9. A “virtue” was defined in the reading as:
10. What is given in Christian Ethics as a major reason for Christian denominations turning away from supporting the death penalty?

Set 3

1. What is the problem with the “Just War” criteria that is pointed out by the authors of Christian Ethics?
2. Pacifism is:
3. The Greek word “telos” means:
4. When considering what the Christian attitude toward capital punishment ought to be, what are mentioned in Christian Ethics
   as values that might trump justice as concerns that should influence the position that one takes?
5. According to the reading in Christian Ethics, a central question in the death penalty controversy is:
6. Which philosopher was also a devout Roman Catholic theologian who had important insights into Christian ethics:
7. What is given in Christian Ethicsas a major reason for Christian denominations turning away from supporting the death penalty?
8. According to the reading, “natural rights” are:
9. The central position of Natural Law Ethics is:
10. Which ancient philosopher recounted the story of the Ring of Gyges:

Set 4

1. Which ancient philosopher recounted the story of the Ring of Gyges:
2. What is given inChristian Ethics as a major reason for Christian denominations turning away from supporting the death penalty?
3. Christian Ethicssays that the principle of the Golden Rule is so strong that it leaves no room for Christian to argue for what in the criminal justice system?
4. According to the reading, “natural rights” are:
5. Which of the following could be an example of a “list metaethic”:
6. The focus of Virtue Ethics is on:
7. The Greek word “telos” means:
8. When considering what the Christian attitude toward capital punishment ought to be, what are mentioned inChristian Ethics
   as values that might trump justice as concerns that should influence the position that one takes?
9. How did Aristotle explain the “Golden Mean”?
10. What is the problem with the “Just War” criteria that is pointed out by the authors ofChristian Ethics?