,Chapter 1
Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The field of ethics is the study of how people try to live their lives according to a standard of
"right" or "wrong" behavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) A society is a closed, confined unit in which people have to follow a distinct religion.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Morality is a set of morals dictated by society.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A simple truth is demonstrated by a person's behavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) A simple truth is something that most people can understand and support.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Moral standards are independent of religious beliefs.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Jason is a high-school senior whose peers are into drugs. He also has a family history of
substance abuse. This will have no impact on his moral standards.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Individuals acquire their personal moral standards in the same way that they learn the
alphabet.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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9) Standards of ethical behavior are absorbed by osmosis as individuals observe the examples,
both positive and negative, set by everyone around them.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The term "morals" is applied to a society, while the term "values" is used when referring to
an individual.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) A value system refers to a set of personal principles formalized into a code of behavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) An intrinsic value means that the pursuit of one value is a good way to reach another value.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Happiness and health are examples of instrumental values that are pursued to reach another
value.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Simple truth is one of the four basic categories of ethics and can be expressed simply as
doing the right thing.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Rules of appropriate individual behavior represent the idea that the moral standards we
develop for ourselves impact our lives on a daily basis in our behavior and the other types of
decisions we make.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is the Golden Rule.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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17) Every religion in the world shares the Golden Rule.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Virtue ethics is the concept of living your life according to the similar virtues of different
societies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
19) The problem with virtue ethics is that societies can place different emphasis on different
virtues.
⊚ true
⊚ false
20) Ethics for the greater good is also referred to as utilitarianism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) The problem with ethics for the greater good is the idea that the ends justify the means.
⊚ true
⊚ false
22) The problem with utilitarianism is the focus on doing the most good for a select few, such as
Adolf Hitler and his idea of launching a national genocide against Jews on the ethical
grounds of restoring the Aryan race.
⊚ true
⊚ false
23) The concept of universal ethics argues that there are certain principles that should apply to a
select few ethical judgments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
24) The problem with universal ethics is the idea that the ends justify the means.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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Student name:__________
TRUE/FALSE - Write 'T' if the statement is true and 'F' if the statement is false.
1) The field of ethics is the study of how people try to live their lives according to a standard of
"right" or "wrong" behavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
2) A society is a closed, confined unit in which people have to follow a distinct religion.
⊚ true
⊚ false
3) Morality is a set of morals dictated by society.
⊚ true
⊚ false
4) A simple truth is demonstrated by a person's behavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
5) A simple truth is something that most people can understand and support.
⊚ true
⊚ false
6) Moral standards are independent of religious beliefs.
⊚ true
⊚ false
7) Jason is a high-school senior whose peers are into drugs. He also has a family history of
substance abuse. This will have no impact on his moral standards.
⊚ true
⊚ false
8) Individuals acquire their personal moral standards in the same way that they learn the
alphabet.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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9) Standards of ethical behavior are absorbed by osmosis as individuals observe the examples,
both positive and negative, set by everyone around them.
⊚ true
⊚ false
10) The term "morals" is applied to a society, while the term "values" is used when referring to
an individual.
⊚ true
⊚ false
11) A value system refers to a set of personal principles formalized into a code of behavior.
⊚ true
⊚ false
12) An intrinsic value means that the pursuit of one value is a good way to reach another value.
⊚ true
⊚ false
13) Happiness and health are examples of instrumental values that are pursued to reach another
value.
⊚ true
⊚ false
14) Simple truth is one of the four basic categories of ethics and can be expressed simply as
doing the right thing.
⊚ true
⊚ false
15) Rules of appropriate individual behavior represent the idea that the moral standards we
develop for ourselves impact our lives on a daily basis in our behavior and the other types of
decisions we make.
⊚ true
⊚ false
16) "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" is the Golden Rule.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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17) Every religion in the world shares the Golden Rule.
⊚ true
⊚ false
18) Virtue ethics is the concept of living your life according to the similar virtues of different
societies.
⊚ true
⊚ false
19) The problem with virtue ethics is that societies can place different emphasis on different
virtues.
⊚ true
⊚ false
20) Ethics for the greater good is also referred to as utilitarianism.
⊚ true
⊚ false
21) The problem with ethics for the greater good is the idea that the ends justify the means.
⊚ true
⊚ false
22) The problem with utilitarianism is the focus on doing the most good for a select few, such as
Adolf Hitler and his idea of launching a national genocide against Jews on the ethical
grounds of restoring the Aryan race.
⊚ true
⊚ false
23) The concept of universal ethics argues that there are certain principles that should apply to a
select few ethical judgments.
⊚ true
⊚ false
24) The problem with universal ethics is the idea that the ends justify the means.
⊚ true
⊚ false
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