Chapter 1. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning

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, Chapter 1. Ethics and Ethical Reasoning
True / False

1. The fallacy that criticizes the source of an opinion, instead of critiquing the reason given for it, is called begging the
question.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

2. According to the text, one reason why we study ethics is to see whether we can justify the beliefs we already hold.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

3. The following is an example of normative ethics: "Capital punishment is wrong because it is wrong to directly take a
human life."
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

4. Ethics is a branch of philosophy that seeks to discover what different moral beliefs different people do, in fact, have.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

5. Ethics is exclusively a descriptive discipline.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False

6. While emotions or feelings may play some role in moral considerations, in an Ethics course one is also expected to give
reasons for one's moral judgments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

7. An ethical theory is a systematic exposition of a particular view about what is the nature and basis of good or right.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

8. In doing metaethics one analyzes the meaning and function of ethical language.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True

9. Ethics is that branch of philosophy that is concerned with how we ought to live, with the idea of the good, and with the