PHIL 482 TAMU Exam 1 Questions and Answers Latest Update 2025 (Already Passed)
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 - Answers (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 - Answers (b) (c)
The steps taken to resolve a moral disagreement usually do not depend on the specifics of the issue
(T/F) - Answers 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 - Answers The specific nature of the disagreements are rarely
stated clearly
Often, apparent moral disagreements turn out to be disagreements over relevant facts. (T/F) - Answers
T
A conceptual issue is a question about the meaning of a term (T/F) - Answers 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 - Answers 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? - Answers Moral Issue
Disputes over application issues often depend in part on underlying factual issues, conceptual issues, or
both. (T/F) - Answers T
Addressing a relevant conceptual issue rarely lends clarity to a moral discussion. (T/F) - Answers 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 trusted by its users (is
this a conceptual, factual, application or moral claim/issue) - Answers Conceptual
Accountant James threatened to fire engineer Josefina if she does not help him conceal a large
consulting error. This case is one of extortion - Answers Application
Some scientists believe that offshore drilling will decrease biodiversity in areas around the wells. -
Answers Factual
An engineer should not break a confidentiality agreement - Answers Moral
Conceptual issues should always be resolved by consulting a dictionary definition (T/F) - Answers F
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 - Answers (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 - Answers (b) (c)
The steps taken to resolve a moral disagreement usually do not depend on the specifics of the issue
(T/F) - Answers 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 - Answers The specific nature of the disagreements are rarely
stated clearly
Often, apparent moral disagreements turn out to be disagreements over relevant facts. (T/F) - Answers
T
A conceptual issue is a question about the meaning of a term (T/F) - Answers 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 - Answers 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? - Answers Moral Issue
Disputes over application issues often depend in part on underlying factual issues, conceptual issues, or
both. (T/F) - Answers T
Addressing a relevant conceptual issue rarely lends clarity to a moral discussion. (T/F) - Answers 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 trusted by its users (is
this a conceptual, factual, application or moral claim/issue) - Answers Conceptual
Accountant James threatened to fire engineer Josefina if she does not help him conceal a large
consulting error. This case is one of extortion - Answers Application
Some scientists believe that offshore drilling will decrease biodiversity in areas around the wells. -
Answers Factual
An engineer should not break a confidentiality agreement - Answers Moral
Conceptual issues should always be resolved by consulting a dictionary definition (T/F) - Answers F
