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Question 1: Ethics is the study of

• propositional knowledge.
• right and wrong.
• beauty.
• culture.

Question 2: One studies ethics because

• it provides insight into moral problems.
• It solves all moral problems.
• It causes migraine headaches.
• It makes one more popular.

Question 3: A philosophical argument should involve

• yelling.
• Hurt feelings.
• Evidence or reasons.
• anger.

Question 4: Philosophers suggest arguments should be won by

• the best argument.
• a coin flip.
• The person who feels most strongly about the issue.
• Violence.

Question 5: Different ethical theories

• can never offer useful information.
• Must always contradict each other.
• Can agree that certain acts are morally justified.
• Always agree that certain acts are morally justified.

Question 6: Deontology argues that correct moral rules are

• confusing.
• Necessary.
• Unimportant.
• Based on emotions.

Question 7: An ethical egoist argues that you should do something if

• it makes everyone better off.
• It makes you better off.
• It conforms to God's laws.
• It is illegal.

Question 8: Emotivism regards an act as moral for a person if that person

• approves of the act.
• disapproves of the act.
• argues that it is justified by a rule.
• argues that it supported by moral facts.

Question 9: "Bivalence" refers to the idea that all sentences are

• true or false
• True
• false
• misleading

Question 10: The philosopher most closely identified with virtue ethics is

• Immanuel Kant.
• Socrates.
• Spinoza.
• Aristotle.