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Ethics Midterms
Contributed by: Cirineo
  • 1. He is the founder of Utilitarianism.
A) Mo Ti
B) Jeremy Bentham
C) Mencius
D) John Stuart Mill
E) Confucius
  • 2. He coined the word "Utilitarianism"
A) Jeremy Bentham
B) Mo Ti
C) Confucius
D) Mencius
E) John Stuart Mill
  • 3. The philosophy which advocates the pursuit of pleasure and the avoidance of pain.
A) Utilitarianism
B) Egoism
C) Hedonistic Calculus
D) Pessimism
E) Hedonism
  • 4. To maximize pleasure and minimize pain.
A) Act
B) Pleasure
C) Aim of Life
  • 5. Judged by the result or consequence.
A) Aim of Life
B) Act
C) Pleasure
  • 6. It is the equivalent of happiness.
A) Aim of Life
B) Act
C) Pleasure
  • 7. It is when a person makes decisions, he thinks in terms of pleasure or pain, as human by nature pursue pleasure and avoid pain.
A) Utilitarianism
B) Hedonistic Calculus
C) Hedonism
D) Egoism
  • 8. The belief wherein human by nature are selfish or egocentric. Every act is aimed at one's own satisfaction.
A) Egoism
B) Hedonism
C) Utilitarianism
D) Hedonistic Calculus
  • 9. This prevents the pursuit of pleasure from getting out of control. Limit the pursuit of pleasure within reasonable boundaries.
A) 3 Sanctions
B) 5 Sanctions
C) 4 Sanctions
D) 69 Sanctions
E) Hedonistic Calculus
  • 10. A sanction where limitations of the body which prevent overindulgence or excessive indulgence in pleasure.
A) Conventional Sanction
B) Religious Sanction
C) Legal Sanction
D) Physical Sanction
  • 11. A sanction where laws prevent actions harmful to society.
A) Religious Sanction
B) Legal Sanction
C) Physical Sanction
D) Conventional Sanction
  • 12. A sanction where fear of what others would think or say about you or the fear of shame or embarrassment prevents excessive pleasure.
A) Conventional Sanction
B) Legal Sanction
C) Physical Sanction
D) Religious Sanction
  • 13. A sanction where fear of God or divine punishment prevents excessive pleasure.
A) Religious Sanction
B) Physical Sanction
C) Legal Sanction
D) Conventional Sanction
  • 14. It is a GUIDE to select pleasure and avoid pain.
A) Hedonism
B) Egoism
C) Hedonistic Calculus
D) Utilitarianism
  • 15. given 2 or more pleasures, you choose what is more ENJOYABLE.
A) Fecundity
B) Duration
C) Certainty
D) Purity
E) Intensity
  • 16. given 2 or more pleasures, you choose what LASTS LONGER.
A) Duration
B) Propinquity
C) Fecundity
D) Certainty
E) Extent
  • 17. given 2 or more pleasures, you choose the pleasure that is more CERTAIN.
A) Naivety
B) Certainty
C) Duration
D) Extent
E) Fecundity
  • 18. given 2 or more pleasures, you choose what is attainable SOONER, NOT LATER.
A) Propinquity
B) Purity
C) Certainty
D) Extent
E) Fecundity
  • 19. given 2 or more pleasures, you choose what can lead to OTHER PLEASURES.
A) Fecundity
B) Propinquity
C) Extent
D) Purity
E) Duration
  • 20. given 2 or more pleasures. you choose what will NOT CAUSE PAIN.
A) Extent
B) Purity
C) Certainty
D) Duration
E) Fecundity
  • 21. It is whether you SHARE the pleasure or not. Share the pleasure if it increased the pleasure.
A) Duration
B) Propinquity
C) Extent
D) Certainty
E) Purity
  • 22. to minimize PAIN, you choose what is LESS enjoyable.
A) Extent
B) Purity
C) Duration
D) Propinquity
E) Intensity
  • 23. To minimize PAIN, you choose what lasts the SHORTEST.
A) Intensity
B) Fecundity
C) Certainty
D) Duration
E) Extent
  • 24. to minimize PAIN, you choose the pain that is LESS CERTAIN
A) Extent
B) Certainty
C) intensity
D) Propinquity
E) Duration
  • 25. To minimize PAIN, you select the pain that is ATTAINABLE LATER rather than sooner.
A) Propinquity
B) Intensity
C) Fecundity
D) Purity
E) Certainty
  • 26. To minimize PAIN, you choose the pain that WILL NOT LEAD to other pain.
A) Certainty
B) Fecundity
C) Propinquity
D) Purity
E) Intensity
  • 27. To minimize PAIN, you choose the pain that will CAUSE PLEASURE.
A) Fecundity
B) Extent
C) Intensity
D) Certainty
E) Purity
  • 28. to share the pain or not; NOT SHARE the pain if it increases the pain.
A) Certainty
B) Fecundity
C) Extent
D) Purity
E) Intensity
  • 29. An act is better if it benifits more people.
A) False
B) True
  • 30. It is a religion wherein they believe in Dharma and Karma.
A) Hinduism
B) Mohism
C) Confucinism
D) Buddhism
  • 31. It is the customs, and laws of society in Hinduism. Observance of this lead to a righteous life.
A) Karma
B) Dharma
C) Nirvana
  • 32. It is the belief in Hinduism that good deeds lead to good consequences while bad deeds lead to bad consequences.
A) Dharma
B) Nirvana
C) Karma
  • 33. He believes that a person should be doing good for its own sake and that we should love each other but WITH DISTINCTIONS.
A) Mo Ti
B) Confucius
C) Hsun Tzu
D) Mencius
  • 34. He believes that we should love each other EQUALLY, no distinctions, and discriminations.
A) Mo Ti
B) Hsun Tzu
C) Mencius
D) Confucious
  • 35. He believes that human is by nature are GOOD and BENEVOLENT, and that man is born with 4 seeds of Goodness.
A) Hsun Tzu
B) Confucius
C) Mo Ti
D) Mencius
  • 36. He believes that humans are by nature EVIL, they are born selfish and full of desires.
A) Mencius
B) Hsun Tzu
C) Confucius
D) Mo Ti
  • 37. The feeling of commisersation or PITY.
A) Humanity
B) Righteousness
C) Wisdom
D) Propriety
  • 38. The feeling of SHAME or dislike.
A) Humanity
B) Righteousness
C) Propriety
D) Wisdom
  • 39. Feeling of deference or RESPECT.
A) Wisdom
B) Propriety
C) Righteousness
D) Humanity
  • 40. Feeling of right and wrong.
A) Righteousness
B) Propriety
C) Humanity
D) Wisdom
  • 41. The failure to cultivate the 4 Seeds of Goodness is called __
A) Vice
B) Misconduct
C) Misdeeds
D) Miss na kita
E) Virtues
  • 42. A religion wherein they believe that suffering is due to desires and that the mind should be free from impurities.
A) Hinduism
B) Buddhism
C) Hedonism
D) Christianity
  • 43. it is a principle that makes it morally okay to do an act that causes BOTH positive and negative effects.
A) Principle of Wholeness
B) Principle of Totality
C) Equality Principle
D) Principle of Double Effect
  • 44. It is morally okay to do an act if the bad effect is greater than the good effect.
A) True
B) False
  • 45. It is morally okay to do an act if the act itself is not morally wrong.
A) False
B) True
  • 46. It is morally okay to do an act if the bad effect was never intended.
A) True
B) False
  • 47. It is morally okay to do an act if there is no other way to bring about the good effect.
A) False
B) True
  • 48. The good of the part is subordinate to the good of the whole. A part that endangers them may be eradicated.
A) Principle of Wholeness
B) Principle of Double Effect
C) Principle of Totality
D) Equality Principle
  • 49. Beliefs, practices (way of life), of a particular community or group of people.
A) Culture
B) Cultural Relativism
C) Cultural Absolutism
  • 50. Objective analysis or study of cultures. It calls for the understanding, toleration, respect, and acceptance of cultures.
A) Cultural Relativism
B) Cultural Appropriation
C) Cultural Appriciation
D) Cultural Absolutism
  • 51. Acts such as lying, stealing, murder, gossiping, bullying, corruption, vandalism, etc. should be considered wrong, regardless of the community or culture
A) False
B) True
  • 52. There is an absolute right or wrong.
A) False
B) True
  • 53. Cultural absolutism criticizes the idea that moral principles are universal or absolute.
A) True
B) False
  • 54. What is right or wrong does not depend on the community where one lives.
A) True
B) False
  • 55. All cultural practice and customs are valid.
A) True
B) False
  • 56. Not all things can be relative, like the moral principles
A) False
B) True
  • 57. Moral Principles are not uniform for everyone.
A) True
B) False
  • 58. Not all cultural practices, customs, are on equal footing.
A) False
B) True
  • 59. It is wrong to judge a culture by using the norms, standards of another culture.
A) False
B) True
  • 60. Among the 7 hedonistic calculus, choose the one that does not belong to the group
A) Certainty
B) Extent
C) Naivety
D) Duration
E) Purity
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