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This set of Fundamentals of Ethics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Fundamentals Of Ethics Set 12

Q1 | ___________ is a representative of hedonist ethics.
  • Bentham
  • J. S. Mill
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • Neither (a) nor (b)
Q2 | ‘Character’ refers to the complete system constituted by the acts of _________ of a particularkind.
  • wish
  • desire
  • intention
  • will
Q3 | __________ exactly corresponds to character.
  • Wish
  • conduct
  • Will
  • Desire
Q4 | Find out the items in the List B that match those in the List A. List A List B1. Hedonism 1.A selected desire 2. Free will 2. Herbert Spencer 3. Wish 3. Pleasure as moral standard 4. Evolutionary morality 4. Higher human faculty
  • 3, 4, 1, 2
  • 2, 3, 1, 4
  • 1, 4, 3, 2
  • 3, 4, 2, 1
Q5 | Universalistic hedonism is also called ___________.
  • ethical
  • psychological
  • utilitarianism
  • altruism
Q6 | It is wrong to break a promise because as a moral law it cannot be universalized. This illustratesthe ethical position of _____________.
  • Kant
  • J. S. Mill
  • Bentham
  • Spencer
Q7 | All conduct either promotes or hinders the organism’s adaptation to the environment. Thisimplies the ___________ theory of morality.
  • hedonist
  • evolutionary
  • intuitionist
  • none of these
Q8 | Adjustment of internal relations to external relations is the basic postulate of the ethical theory of ____________.
  • Bentham
  • J. S. Mill
  • Kant
  • Herbert Spencer
Q9 | According to ____________, moral life makes the inherent rational/spiritual principle more andmore explicit.
  • J. S. Mill
  • T. H. Green
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Bentham
Q10 | ________ is the author of Methods of Ethics.
  • Kant
  • T. H. Green
  • Butler
  • Sidgwick
Q11 | Desire and _________ are frequently used as synonymous.
  • pleasure
  • intention
  • wish
  • will
Q12 | Find out the mismatching pair.
  • Kant/hedonism
  • Ethics/normative science
  • Intuitionism/conscience
  • Evolutionism/adaptation
Q13 | According to __________, conscience is superior to self-love.
  • Bentham
  • J. S. Mill
  • Butler
  • Spencer
Q14 | Actions are right/wrong according to their intrinsic nature. This is the position of _________.
  • Intuitionists
  • Hedonists
  • Utilitarians
  • None of these
Q15 | According to Kant, an action is good/bad ____________.
  • with reference to some external standard
  • according to the pleasure/pain it produces
  • in itself
  • extrinsically
Q16 | ‘The moral principle that guides your action should become a universal law’. This is the view of _____________.
  • J. S. Mill
  • Bentham
  • both (a) and (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b)
Q17 | The ethical theory of ___________ shows a close affinity with Darwin’s theory of evolution.
  • J. S. Mill
  • Herbert Spencer
  • Immanuel Kant
  • None of these
Q18 | “The greatest happiness of the greatest number” is the dictum of _________ hedonism.
  • egoistic
  • psychological
  • universalistic
  • all these
Q19 | Sidgwick argued that _________ keeps us impartial in the choice of pleasure.
  • ego
  • reason
  • passion
  • society
Q20 | Psychological hedonism recognizes _________ as the object of desire.
  • pleasure
  • reason
  • pain
  • law
Q21 | According to J. S. Mill, some pleasures are more desirable on account of ___________.
  • quantity
  • quality
  • appetite
  • beauty
Q22 | Sidgwick tried a synthesis between __________, J. S. Mill and Kant.
  • Bentham
  • Spencer
  • Butler
  • None of these
Q23 | The author of The Data of Ethics is ___________.
  • Kant
  • Spencer
  • Bentham
  • J. S. Mill
Q24 | Perfection or self-realization is the ________ of moral evolution.
  • beginning
  • content
  • law
  • ideal
Q25 | The view that moral development is directed towards a specific goal is __________.
  • universalistic
  • teleological
  • legal
  • all these