Chapter 02 Self Quiz

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. A moral theory explains

Why one event causes another correct incorrect

Why an action is prudent correct incorrect

Why an action is effective or ineffective or why a person is reasonable or unreasonable correct incorrect

Why an action is right or wrong or why a person or a person's character is good or bad correct incorrect

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. Consequentialist moral theories insist that the rightness of actions depends solely on

Their consequences or results correct incorrect

Their intrinsic nature correct incorrect

The agent's motives correct incorrect

The agent's desires correct incorrect

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. Feminist ethics is an approach to morality aimed at

Establishing a core set of moral principles correct incorrect

Advancing women's interests and correcting injustices inflicted on women through social oppression and inequality correct incorrect

Advancing women's interests through a unique application of Rawls's theory correct incorrect

Defining women's perspectives as superior to men's correct incorrect

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. Act-utilitarianism is the view that

The rightness of actions depends solely on the character of the agent correct incorrect

The rightness of actions depends solely on the relative good produced by individual actions correct incorrect

The rightness of actions depends on both the relative good produced by individual actions and the conformity to rules correct incorrect

The rightness of actions depends on a good will correct incorrect

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. Kant says that through reason and reflection we can derive our duties from

The categorical imperative correct incorrect

Hypothetical imperatives correct incorrect

Experience correct incorrect

A calculation of consequences correct incorrect

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. Natural law theory is the view that right actions are those that conform to moral standards discerned in nature through human reason.

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. Natural law tradition resolves dilemmas through the principle of utility.

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. Rawls's equal liberty principles says that each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive total system of equal basic liberties compatible with a similar system of liberty for all.

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. Principlism is the theory that right actions are those sanctioned by a single-rule theory.

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. In the ethics of care, the heart of the moral life is feeling for and caring for those with whom you have a special, intimate connection.

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