PHI2604 COMPLETE EXAM REVIEW WITH
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● Chpt 1 : Which of the following is the overall point of the author's
discussion of "doing ethics"?
a) Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish
b) Doing ethics requires many years of careful study
c) Most people should rely on wiser authorities to do ethics for them
d) Doing ethics is unavoidable for everyone
Answer: a) Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish
●● Chpt 1 : Which field or topic would include tasks such as accurately
describing the moral codes and ethical standards of colonial America?
a) normative ethics
b) applied ethics
c) descriptive ethics
d) instrumental ethics
Answer: c) Descriptive ethics
,●● Chpt 1 : 4. What is a major difference between descriptive ethics and
normative ethics?
a. Normative ethics concerns moral beliefs, whereas descriptive ethics
concerns moral behaviors.
b. Normative ethics implies that some people's moral beliefs are
incorrect, whereas descriptive ethics does not. c. Descriptive ethics
cannot be done properly before doing normative ethics.
d. Descriptive ethics is not a scientific topic of study, whereas normative
ethics is.
Answer: B. Normative ethics implies that some people's moral beliefs
are incorrect, whereas descriptive ethics does not.
●● Chpt 1: Morality refers to beliefs about
a. Praise and punishment
b. Right and wrong, good and bad
c. Legal and Moral standards
d. Typical behavior in one's society
Answer: b. Right and wrong, good or bad
●● Chpt 1: Believing that you can establish all your moral beliefs by
consulting your feelings is an example of
,a. subjectivism.
b. objectivism
c. The meaning and logical structure of moral beliefs
d. Critical scrutiny
Answer: a. subjectivism
●● Chpt 1: What does normative ethics study?
a. theories that explain why people behave as they do
b. normative standards in different disciplines
c. the meaning and logical structure of moral beliefs
d. principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions and judgments
Answer: d. principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions and
judgments
●● Chpt 1: Which of these questions belongs to metaethics?
a. What moral beliefs do cultures embody?
b. What does it mean for an action to be right?
c. What theories of ethics do individuals endorse?
d. What is the meaning of life from a moral perspective?
Answer: b. What does it mean for an action to be right?
, ●● chpt 1 : Applied ethics is the
a. application of normative ethics to metaethics.
b. application of society's rules to one's own life.
c. study of the principles and rules that everyone accepts.
d. application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases.
Answer: d. application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases.
●● chpt 1: Which field concerns questions such as "Was this abortion
permissible?" or "Was this instance of mercy killing immoral?"
a. applied ethics
d. descriptive ethics
c. normative ethics
b. metaethics
Answer: a. applied ethics
●● chpt 1: The preeminence of reason refers to the
a. times when our emotions overwhelm our reason
b. gap between our feelings and our reason.
FULL SOLUTIONS
●● Chpt 1 : Which of the following is the overall point of the author's
discussion of "doing ethics"?
a) Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish
b) Doing ethics requires many years of careful study
c) Most people should rely on wiser authorities to do ethics for them
d) Doing ethics is unavoidable for everyone
Answer: a) Doing ethics is difficult, but not doing it is foolish
●● Chpt 1 : Which field or topic would include tasks such as accurately
describing the moral codes and ethical standards of colonial America?
a) normative ethics
b) applied ethics
c) descriptive ethics
d) instrumental ethics
Answer: c) Descriptive ethics
,●● Chpt 1 : 4. What is a major difference between descriptive ethics and
normative ethics?
a. Normative ethics concerns moral beliefs, whereas descriptive ethics
concerns moral behaviors.
b. Normative ethics implies that some people's moral beliefs are
incorrect, whereas descriptive ethics does not. c. Descriptive ethics
cannot be done properly before doing normative ethics.
d. Descriptive ethics is not a scientific topic of study, whereas normative
ethics is.
Answer: B. Normative ethics implies that some people's moral beliefs
are incorrect, whereas descriptive ethics does not.
●● Chpt 1: Morality refers to beliefs about
a. Praise and punishment
b. Right and wrong, good and bad
c. Legal and Moral standards
d. Typical behavior in one's society
Answer: b. Right and wrong, good or bad
●● Chpt 1: Believing that you can establish all your moral beliefs by
consulting your feelings is an example of
,a. subjectivism.
b. objectivism
c. The meaning and logical structure of moral beliefs
d. Critical scrutiny
Answer: a. subjectivism
●● Chpt 1: What does normative ethics study?
a. theories that explain why people behave as they do
b. normative standards in different disciplines
c. the meaning and logical structure of moral beliefs
d. principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions and judgments
Answer: d. principles, rules, or theories that guide our actions and
judgments
●● Chpt 1: Which of these questions belongs to metaethics?
a. What moral beliefs do cultures embody?
b. What does it mean for an action to be right?
c. What theories of ethics do individuals endorse?
d. What is the meaning of life from a moral perspective?
Answer: b. What does it mean for an action to be right?
, ●● chpt 1 : Applied ethics is the
a. application of normative ethics to metaethics.
b. application of society's rules to one's own life.
c. study of the principles and rules that everyone accepts.
d. application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases.
Answer: d. application of moral norms to specific moral issues or cases.
●● chpt 1: Which field concerns questions such as "Was this abortion
permissible?" or "Was this instance of mercy killing immoral?"
a. applied ethics
d. descriptive ethics
c. normative ethics
b. metaethics
Answer: a. applied ethics
●● chpt 1: The preeminence of reason refers to the
a. times when our emotions overwhelm our reason
b. gap between our feelings and our reason.
