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This set of Fundamentals of Ethics Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Fundamentals Of Ethics Set 4

Q1 | Who is the advocator of ‘freedom of will’
  • David Hume
  • J.S.Mill
  • Kant
  • None of these
Q2 | ‘Character’ refers to the complete system constituted by the acts of ____ of aparticular kind.
  • wish
  • desire
  • intention
  • will
Q3 | Collective name for voluntary actions
  • Conduct
  • Desire
  • Wish
  • Good
Q4 | What constitute conduct
  • Purpose
  • Choice
  • Both a and b
  • Neither a and b
Q5 | ---------- is outer expression of character
  • Will
  • Wish
  • Desire
  • Conduct
Q6 | The permanent bent of the mind, constituted by the ‘settled habits of will’ is:
  • Conduct
  • Desire
  • Character
  • Wish
Q7 | ___________ is a formed habit.
  • Custom
  • Desire
  • Wish
  • Character
Q8 | Character is built up by a person out of his natural tendencies and dispositions bycontrolling and regulating them by ___
  • Passion
  • emotions
  • reason
  • Desire
Q9 | _______ is the acquired habit of controlling the natural instincts and impulses in orderto realize definitely conceived ends.
  • Character
  • Conduct
  • Wish
  • Desire
Q10 | Pleasure/pain is the norm of moral evaluation in __________.
  • Intuitionism
  • Virtue ethics
  • Hedonism
  • All these
Q11 | “Men always do seek pleasure”. This position is called __________ hedonism.
  • Psychological
  • ethical
  • egoistic
  • universalistic
Q12 | Universalistic hedonism is also called ___________ .
  • ethical hedonism
  • psychological hedonism
  • utilitarianism
  • egoistic hedonism
Q13 | Ethical hedonism is the view that human beings ___________ seek pleasure.
  • always do
  • ought to
  • shall not
  • ought not
Q14 | ___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of each individual.
  • Egoistic
  • Psychological
  • Universalistic
  • none of these
Q15 | ___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of all human beings.
  • psychological
  • egoistic
  • ethical
  • universalistic
Q16 | The ethics of __________ is precisely termed utilitarianism.
  • Kant
  • Spencer
  • J. S. Mill
  • T. H. Green
Q17 | Both Bentham and Mill share the __________ principle of morality.
  • pleasure
  • evolutionist
  • both (a) and (b)
  • neither (a) nor (b)
Q18 | According to hedonists, pleasure is the only thing that is ____________.
  • possible
  • avoidable
  • visible
  • desirable
Q19 | According to Hedonism, hedoneor ------ is the ultimate standard of morality
  • Pleasure
  • Will
  • Good will
  • reason
Q20 | __________ hedonism holds that pleasure is the natural and normal object of desire,that we always seek pleasure and avoid pain
  • Ethical
  • Egoistic
  • Psychological
  • Altruistic
Q21 | ________hedonism holds that pleasure is the proper object of desire; that we do notalways seek pleasure but ought to seek pleasure.
  • Ethical
  • Egoistic
  • Psychological
  • Altruistic
Q22 | According to _____ hedonism the pleasure of the individual is the moral standard
  • Ethical
  • Psychological
  • Egoistic
  • Altruistic
Q23 | According to __________ hedonism the greatest happiness of the greatest number orgeneral happiness is the moral standard.
  • Ethical
  • Psychological
  • Egoistic
  • Altruistic
Q24 | According to_________ hedonism, all pleasures are alike in kind they differ only inintensity or degree; there is no qualitative difference among them.
  • Altruistic
  • Egoistic
  • Gross Egoistic
  • Refined Egoistic
Q25 | The theory that what we ought to aim at is the greatest possible amount of pleasure ofall human beings, or of all sentient creatures.
  • Utilitarianism
  • Perfectionism
  • Egoistic Hedonism
  • Humanitarianism