PHIL 482 TAMU Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following is NOT true about factual issues?
(a) One should not attempt to assess a moral issue if there is irresolvable factual uncertainty.
(b) One should identify the questions of fact and clearly state assumptions
(c) Different assumptions about factual issues may result in different moral conclusions
(d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (a) One should not attempt to assess a
moral issue if there is irresolvable factual uncertainty
Which of the following is true of factual issues?
(a) No assumptions need to be made
(b) They can be relevant to a moral problem
(c) They can be unknown or controversial
(d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (b) (c)
The steps taken to resolve a moral disagreement usually do not depend on the specifics of the
issue (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- F
One of the frustrating things about disagreement over moral issues is that:
(a) Moral debates are simply matters of opinion
(b) They distract from what should be the main priority, for people just to get along
(c) The specific nature of the disagreements are rarely stated clearly
, (d) Daily life rarely involves moral issues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The specific nature
of the disagreements are rarely stated clearly
Often, apparent moral disagreements turn out to be disagreements over relevant facts. (T/F) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T
A conceptual issue is a question about the meaning of a term (T/F) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- T
Which of the following is true?
(a) the scope of moral issues today only includes questions of life or death
(b) Often moral issues require deciding which value should prevail when they conflict
(c) Moral issues always can be resolved by addressing underlying factual conceptual and
application issues
(d) Moral issues only include choices that can harm others - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Often moral issues require deciding which value could prevail when they conflict
What kind of issue pertains to the right or wrongness of an action? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Moral Issue
Disputes over application issues often depend in part on underlying factual issues, conceptual
issues, or both. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T
Addressing a relevant conceptual issue rarely lends clarity to a moral discussion. (T/F) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- F
Wang Qin thinks the phrase "safe software" means that the software is resistant to bugs and
malware, but Benjamin Smith thinks that it means that the software has been tested and is
ACTUAL Questions and CORRECT
Answers
Which of the following is NOT true about factual issues?
(a) One should not attempt to assess a moral issue if there is irresolvable factual uncertainty.
(b) One should identify the questions of fact and clearly state assumptions
(c) Different assumptions about factual issues may result in different moral conclusions
(d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (a) One should not attempt to assess a
moral issue if there is irresolvable factual uncertainty
Which of the following is true of factual issues?
(a) No assumptions need to be made
(b) They can be relevant to a moral problem
(c) They can be unknown or controversial
(d) None of the above - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- (b) (c)
The steps taken to resolve a moral disagreement usually do not depend on the specifics of the
issue (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- F
One of the frustrating things about disagreement over moral issues is that:
(a) Moral debates are simply matters of opinion
(b) They distract from what should be the main priority, for people just to get along
(c) The specific nature of the disagreements are rarely stated clearly
, (d) Daily life rarely involves moral issues - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The specific nature
of the disagreements are rarely stated clearly
Often, apparent moral disagreements turn out to be disagreements over relevant facts. (T/F) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T
A conceptual issue is a question about the meaning of a term (T/F) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- T
Which of the following is true?
(a) the scope of moral issues today only includes questions of life or death
(b) Often moral issues require deciding which value should prevail when they conflict
(c) Moral issues always can be resolved by addressing underlying factual conceptual and
application issues
(d) Moral issues only include choices that can harm others - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Often moral issues require deciding which value could prevail when they conflict
What kind of issue pertains to the right or wrongness of an action? - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- Moral Issue
Disputes over application issues often depend in part on underlying factual issues, conceptual
issues, or both. (T/F) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- T
Addressing a relevant conceptual issue rarely lends clarity to a moral discussion. (T/F) -
CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- F
Wang Qin thinks the phrase "safe software" means that the software is resistant to bugs and
malware, but Benjamin Smith thinks that it means that the software has been tested and is
