PHIL 1273 MIDTERM 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The formation goal of this course is a response to the fact that students' personal
judgements about morality are likely incomplete and perhaps even inconsistent -
Answer -true
According to the moral psychology readings, people sometimes fail to attend to things
they care about and so against their own considered moral evaluations. - Answer -True
According to Sandel, the freedom issues raised in contemporary discussions about
morality are largely rooted in deontological ethical theory. - Answer -true
All three approaches to justice that Sandel discusses in chapter 1 ultimately lead to the
same conclusions about what is right and what is wrong. - Answer -false
According to Bentham, we should just maximize pleasure - moral concepts like rights ,
liberty , etc. Are all either unnecessary or mistaken. - Answer -true
A good will, according to Kant, is one that wants all people to flourish as human being -
Answer -false
One form of Kant's categorical imperative says to act only on that maxim whereby you
can at the same time will that it should become a universal law - Answer -true
According to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, there is no such thing as human nature
- Answer -False
According to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, we need to know about human nature
in order to figure out human flourishing - Answer -false
The formation goal of this course is advanced by investigating - Answer -ethical theory
The integrity goal of this course is advanced by investigating - Answer -moral
psychology
According to kehneman, system 1 thinking - Answer -is automatic, quick, and
'involuntary'
According to Thaler - Answer -'choice engineering' the environment helps people
improve their reasoning
Sandel discusses three basic approaches to questions about justice - Answer -welfare,
freedom, and virtue
Utilitarians of all stripes agree that we should - Answer -Maximize the good (whatever
that is precisely)
The formation goal of this course is a response to the fact that students' personal
judgements about morality are likely incomplete and perhaps even inconsistent -
Answer -true
According to the moral psychology readings, people sometimes fail to attend to things
they care about and so against their own considered moral evaluations. - Answer -True
According to Sandel, the freedom issues raised in contemporary discussions about
morality are largely rooted in deontological ethical theory. - Answer -true
All three approaches to justice that Sandel discusses in chapter 1 ultimately lead to the
same conclusions about what is right and what is wrong. - Answer -false
According to Bentham, we should just maximize pleasure - moral concepts like rights ,
liberty , etc. Are all either unnecessary or mistaken. - Answer -true
A good will, according to Kant, is one that wants all people to flourish as human being -
Answer -false
One form of Kant's categorical imperative says to act only on that maxim whereby you
can at the same time will that it should become a universal law - Answer -true
According to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, there is no such thing as human nature
- Answer -False
According to the Aristotelian approach to ethics, we need to know about human nature
in order to figure out human flourishing - Answer -false
The formation goal of this course is advanced by investigating - Answer -ethical theory
The integrity goal of this course is advanced by investigating - Answer -moral
psychology
According to kehneman, system 1 thinking - Answer -is automatic, quick, and
'involuntary'
According to Thaler - Answer -'choice engineering' the environment helps people
improve their reasoning
Sandel discusses three basic approaches to questions about justice - Answer -welfare,
freedom, and virtue
Utilitarians of all stripes agree that we should - Answer -Maximize the good (whatever
that is precisely)
