Business Ethics - PHIL 1273 Exam 1

According to what we know from moral psychology, is it true that the ways situations are structured can lead ordinary people to do things that are morally wrong?

true

Is it true that according to the moral psychology readings in class that humans sometimes lose sight of their own moral principles?

true

Is it true that according to the moral psychology readings in class that self-interest is the only thing that ever motivates anyone?

false

Is it true that according to the moral psychology readings in class that people sometimes fail to attend to things they care about?

true

Is it true that according to the moral psychology readings in class that humans are never motivated by a desire to help others?

false

Is it true that all moral theories agree that morality is a matter of judging individual actions?

false

Is it true that the three major ethical theories presented in this course never arrive at the same conclusions about what is right and wrong?

false

Is it true that for hedonistic utilitarianism "good" is the presence of pleasure and the absence of pain?

true

Is it true that according to Sandel, utilitarianism primarily develops the major moral consideration of freedom?

false

Is it true that according Bentham we must maximize pleasure in order to protect people's rights?

false

Is it true that according to Sandel, the welfare issues raised in contemporary discussions about morality are largely rooted in deontological ethical theory?

false

Is it true that according for utilitarianism, what makes an action right or wrong is the character of the person doing the action?

false

Is it true that according cost-benefit analysis is based on utilitarian reasoning?

true

Is it true that according to Bentham, we should just maximize pleasure and that moral concepts like rights, liberty, etc. are all either unnecessary or mistaken?

true

Is it true that all utilitarians think that the ultimate moral good is pleasure(s)?

false

Is it true that the claim that there is no way to place all values on a single scale is a challenge to utilitarianism because it suggests that consequences are not all that matter in morality?

true

Is it true that Mill disagrees with Bentham's claim that natural rights are "nonsense upon stilts"?

true

Is it true that according to utilitarians, freedom is intrinsically valuable—that is, it is valuable in and of itself?

false

Is it true that according to Kant, when we act morally we act autonomously?

true

Is it true that according to Kant, treating someone as a thing rather than as a person would involve a failure to respect his or her capacity to exercise free choice?

true

Is it true that according to Kant, the form of reason involved in morality is our capacity to find the best way to achieve our goals?

false

Is it true that according heteronomy involves the free choice to act according to a moral principle?

false

Is it true that according to Kant, it is moral to act out of sympathy for someone's suffering?

false

Is it true that a good will, according to Kant, is one that wants all people to flourish as human beings?

false

Is it true that according to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, there is such thing as human nature and it plays an important role in morality?

true

Is it true that according to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, we need to know about human nature in order to figure out human flourishing?

true

For Aristotle, is it true that we learn the virtues by practicing them?

true

Is it true that according to Aristotle, people's moral character is given by nature, so there is no point in trying to train people to be good?

false

Is it true that virtue theory is focused on the moral evaluation of specific actions?

false

Is it true that according to Aristotle, human nature is fundamentally corrupt, and humans can achieve virtue only through forceful government intervention?

false

Is it true that according to Aristotle, we can reason about the teloi (plural of telos) of social institutions in order to determine how they should be run?

true

Is it true that virtue ethics is teleological?

true

Is it true that virtue ethics is honorific?

true