Ethics quiz questions

Ethics is our best hope for

establishing a framework for living together peacefully despite our ideological differences

The area of ethics that investigates the meaning of moral language is known as

Metaethics

Descriptive ethics

prescribes moral behavior

You cannot have an adequate worldview without

a view of morality

Morality refers to

the content of right and wrong, it is the substance

The division of ethics includes four major categories

Metaethics, Aretaic, Normative, Descriptive

Which system of ethics describes the moral of society?

Descriptive ethics

A person's worldview consists of the way a person answers questions about

Metaphysics which asks what is real

The basis on which we make moral choices is often as important as

the choices themselves

When considering whether something is moral or making a moral assessment, four specific considerations will include

Action, motive, consequences, character

Whenever one's worldview has no place for God, it is safe to conclude that

morality is a human creation.

Ethics refers to the process of

determining right and wrong

Descriptive ethics is

a sociological or anthropological discipline that attempts to describe the morals of a particular

Someone's worldview includes the way he or she answers questions about

Anthropology which asks what a person is.

The set of intellectual lenses through which a person sees the world is known as

Worldview

The Theist argues that

moral truths do exist and can be known.

A person's worldview consists of the way a person answers questions about metaphysics, which asks what is real.

Which of the following offers the definition of ethics?

Ethics is the science of Holiness. Ethics is the process of determining right or wrong.

Morality cannot be legislated because

moral beliefs, motives, or intentions are meant

all professions deal with

moral questions but religious faith.

Deontological systems of ethics are

principle-based systems, in which actions are intrinsically right or wrong regardless of the end-result

For a Utilitarian

the action that produces the greatest balance of benefits over harms is the one that is most moral.

Teleological Ethics

A system of ethics which determines what is moral by the end that the action achieves

People who view the Bible as nothing more than the reflection of fallible human beings could hold to

a moral theory based on the Bible but still see the principles and virtue as human creation

Utilitarianism is a teleological system in which

the morality of an act is determined by the end result

For Emotivists, every time they say that something is right or wrong

all they are saying is that they either like or dislike the action or position under consideration.

Virtue ethics advocates point out that

the moral life involves attitudes and motives as well as actions.

Which group of ethical systems represents a Cognitive view of morality?

Utilitarianism, Ethical Egoism, virtue ethics, Deontological ethics

The relativist cannot

morally evaluate any clearly oppressive culture or, more specifically, any obvious tyrant.

Objective view of morality maintains that meral statements and ebligations are true

Regardless of how one feels about them.

Which view of morality maintains that statements are true or false depending on how someone feels about them?

Subjective view of morality

For a Relativist, what is moral

depends on the situation and on what the cultural consensus of right and wrong is at the time.

Emotivism

This ethical system is a theory about metaethics, the language of morality whose aim is not to produce moral norm for governing behavior.

One of the primary reasons why many debates over social issues remain unresolved is that

the participants often apply different methods of moral reasoning.

Ethical egoism as a system has

no means to settle conflicts of interest between individuals and groups

utilitarianism is an example of

a teleological system

For Deontologist the principle

"Thou shalt not kill" is still one of the core values on which most civilized people agree

Natural law refers to

the general, objective, transcendent moral principles that are not specifically tied to the special revelation of Scripture.

One of the goals of God's command is the development of

virtue

Which ethical system argues that God's moral requirements come to be known outside the pages of the Bible?

Relativism

God appears to hold those without the law accountable for their sin in the same way that he holds the Jews accountable

In Scripture, when Gentiles, who do not have the law

do by nature things required by the law, they are the law for themselves even though they do not have the law.

The New Testament envisions moral and spiritual maturity only in connection with

the internal ministry of the Spirit who transforms a person from the inside out

In the New Testament the emphasis was not on institutional morality and social ethics but on

Morality for the Church

The Bible appeals to natural law or the revelation of God's moral values outside the pages of Scripture to

Hold the nations who lacked the law of God accountable.

The link between God's command and his character includes

The principle of generosity to those in need, The principle of forgiveness, The principle of love of neighbor

The primary purpose of the natural law was to

provide sufficient moral guidance to reveal humankind's failure to live up to it.

The ethical system advocating that two commands of Scripture do not conflict is known as

Nonconflicting absolutism

In Christian ethics, morality is grounded in

the character of God

Legal positivists hold that there is no essential relationship between the law and morality.

A divine command system is

one in which the ultimate foundation of morality is the prevailed will of God, namely, the commands of God as found in Scripture.

In the New Testament, virtue ethics centered on

Christ, and the development of character was synonymous with becoming more like Christ.

Scripture is a mixture of

different types of moral reasoning presented in a variety of literary contexts

The view that things are good simply because God commands them, is known as

Ethical Voluntarism

In the Old Testament, obedience

was seen primarily as a loyalty to God

Scripture and God's natural wisdom

are two sides of God's wisdom

The purpose of the Ten Commandments was to shape the nation of Israel into a society that would reflect

God's righteousness, God's compassion both individually and culturally

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Pro-life advocates argue that personhood begins from conception.

For pro-life advocates, from conception, the embryo has

a separate genetic identity, needing only nutrition and shelter to mature into a full newborn baby and later into an adult.

Opponents of abortion for research argue that the practice sets up the unborn as

a source of biological "spare parts." and unable to consent to organ donation.

Common view of personhood assumes continuity of personal identity because

Persons continue to be the same person irrespective of time and change. and Moral responsibility is dependent on personal identity

An aspect of the abortion issue concerns

the legal background that has developed since the Roe vs Wade decision in 1973.

Another aspect of the abortion issue deals with the issue of personhood

and asks the question, "At what point does the unborn become a person?"

The court interpreted the health of the mother to include

Her physical health, Her psychological health, Her emotional health

According to biblical reeords, the person whe eventually growe into an adult

Is the same person who is in the womb

In response to the proposal of implantation as a decisive moment, Pro-choice argues that personhood is

not established at implantation just because the embryo establishes its presence by the hormonal presence it produces.

The Hyde Amendment prohibited

the use of federal funds for abortion.

The real difference between the fetus in the womb and the one-year-old is

location and a very slight change in the degree of dependence on the mother.

Stem cells are

undifferentiated cells, which can be directed in the lab to develop into any of the roughly two hundred types of cells and tissue in the body.

An example of the Bible using conception and birth interchangeably

includes Job 3.

For abortion rights advocates

A woman has the right to do with her body whatever she chooses. Society should not force women to bring unwanted children into the world. Restrictive abortion laws discriminate against poor women.

The general tenor of Scripture appears to support the idea that

the unborn is considered a person by God, being described with many of the same characteristics that apply to children and adults.

The idea of redemption cannot be used as

a therapeutic safety that assuages guilt at something that is morally wrong.

One of the primary sources of stem cells is adult stem cells and is harvested from

person's bone marrow, Umbilical cord of a newborn baby, various organs in the body,

In the abortion debate, viability has more to do with

the ability of medical technology to sustain life outside the womb than it has to do with the essence of the fetus.

The moral status of the embryo is

A philosophical question

Although the Bible never specifically states that "A fetus is a person" and "Thou shalt not have an abortion," it is misleading to insist that

the Bible has nothing to say about the moral status of the unborn.

What to do with frozen embryos if they are not needed raises significant issues because of the moral status of the embryo. The available alternatives include

keeping the embryo in storage indefinitely, destroying them, using them for experimental purposes

Reproductive technology refers to various medical procedures that are designed to alleviate infertility. These procedures include

Intrauterine insemination

According to the law established by court precedent, genetic surrogates are recognized legally as the mother of the children they bear because they have

The key biological components of motherhood, The genetic connection, the gestational environment.

The term reproductive technology refers to various medical procedures that are designed to alleviate infertility. These procedures include

Intrauterine insemination In vitro fertilization, Surrogate motherhood

Technological innovations that clearly improve the lot of humankind and help alleviate the effects of the entrance of sin into the world are considered

Part of God's common grace, Part of his general blessings of the effect of sin

The weight of biblical teaching on reproductive technologies suggests that

Third-party contributors are not the norm for procreation.

Intrauterine insemination (IUl) using the husband's sperm would appear at first glance to present any difficult moral issues,

IUl is increasingly being done in conjunction with multiple-ovulation drugs that are used with IVF, That creates a risk of the woman becoming pregnant with major multiples. On average eight to ten eggs are hyper-stimulated to be released in a given cycle, All the above

What to do with frozen embryos if they are not needed raised significant issues because of the moral status of the embryo which include

. Keeping the embryo in storage indefinitely, Destroying them, Using them for experimental purposes

Reproductive Technologies make it possible for

a woman to no longer be pregnant without necessarily ending the life of the child.

Throughout the Bible, children are viewed as

a gift from God to be received with open arms and without specifications.

The most serious objection to commercial surrogacy is

that it constitutes the purchase and sale of children and, thus reduces the children to objects of barter by putting a price on them.

Mosaic embryos can produce

children who will have a lifetime of medical issues

For those who view personhood as beginning at conception

the disposal of embryos presents a complex moral dilemma.

The goal of achieving a family makes

almost any technological option morally acceptable

in Genetic surrogacy

the surrogate has a genetic relationship to the child.

In Catholic teaching it is believed that

technology cannot replace normal sex in the process of procreation.

A foundational fencepost in the Bible is that procreation was designed to occur within the context of

a stable heterosexual, permanent, permanent monogamous marriage.

Some critics of In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) argue that

freezing embryos is intrinsically morally problematic and freezing the embryo is unethical.

For Catholics' understanding of God's design, every sexual encounter has

the potential for conception, and every conception has the potential for childbirth and parenthood.

Unless the maternal rights are transferred to the surrogate mother, the genetic contributor is

the mother of the child.

Termination of life support is generally acceptable under the right conditions

If a competent adult patient requests it in writing or orally. If the treatment is futile or clearly of no benefit If the burden to the patient outweighs the benefits.

Death is a conquered enemy that need not always be resisted for the following reasons

When treatment is no longer helpful to the patient, no longer desired by the patient, more burdensome than beneficial to the patient