Y9 Exam 2026/2027 exam questions and answers with
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What is ethics? The study of what is right and what is wrong
What is morality? Another word for ethics
What is teleological Ethical decisions based on the consequences
ethics?
What is deontological ethics? Ethical decisions based on rules
, Which philosopher is associated with utilitarian theory? Jeremy Bentham
Bentham believed humans were motivated by hedonism. The idea
that human action is motivated by seeking pleasure and avoid pain What is
hedonism?
According to utilitarian theory, what is the right action? The action that produces
the greatest good for the greatest number
What does a utilitarian use to work out the right action? The hedonic calculus
Give three examples of parts of the hedonic calculus. Intensity, duration, purity,
certainty, extent
In the famous moral dilemma of the trolley problem, whatDivert the train so
that it only kills one person as this is better than five people would a
utilitarian decide and why? dying
Kant argued we should do the
right thing because it is
True the right thing to do. True or
false?
What does Kant mean when he says that moral rules must
The rules should apply at all
times and in all situations be universalised?
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3.1 (16 reviews)
Terms in this set (104)
What is ethics? The study of what is right and what is wrong
What is morality? Another word for ethics
What is teleological Ethical decisions based on the consequences
ethics?
What is deontological ethics? Ethical decisions based on rules
, Which philosopher is associated with utilitarian theory? Jeremy Bentham
Bentham believed humans were motivated by hedonism. The idea
that human action is motivated by seeking pleasure and avoid pain What is
hedonism?
According to utilitarian theory, what is the right action? The action that produces
the greatest good for the greatest number
What does a utilitarian use to work out the right action? The hedonic calculus
Give three examples of parts of the hedonic calculus. Intensity, duration, purity,
certainty, extent
In the famous moral dilemma of the trolley problem, whatDivert the train so
that it only kills one person as this is better than five people would a
utilitarian decide and why? dying
Kant argued we should do the
right thing because it is
True the right thing to do. True or
false?
What does Kant mean when he says that moral rules must
The rules should apply at all
times and in all situations be universalised?
