This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 11 > Arts Humanities > Philosophy > Class 11 Philosophy Chapter 3 Ethics – Quiz 7 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 11 Philosophy Chapter 3 Ethics Quiz 7 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Choose the best answer:it is the normative science of the conduct of human being living in societies A) Culture. B) Ethics. C) Moral agents. D) Philosophy. E) Human acts. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ethics. 2. What is the primary reason for caring about ethics in business? A) To create financial and marketing risks. B) To avoid legal issues. C) To promote unethical behavior. D) To increase competition. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To create financial and marketing risks. 3. Who was China's greatest thinker, teacher, and philosopher? A) Yao. B) Confucius. C) Buddha. D) Shinto. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Confucius. 4. What is the branch of philosophy that addresses the philosophical problem surrounding the theory of knowledge? A) Logic. B) Cosmology. C) Metaphysics. D) Epistemology. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epistemology. 5. You make sure everyone working on your group project has an equal share of the work because you care about the ethical principle of A) Rule of law. B) Transparency. C) Accountability. D) Fairness. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fairness. 6. ..... are formed from your personal values and reflect your concept of right or wrong. A) Scope of Practice. B) Morals. C) Tort. D) Ethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Morals. 7. Which philosopher believes media plays a key role in controlling how society thinks and understands ethics? A) Noam Chomsky. B) John Rawls. C) Immanuel Kant. D) Peter Singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Noam Chomsky. 8. There are ..... rules associated with the 3 C's of business ethics. A) 8. B) 7. C) 6. D) 9. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 8. 9. IT IS THE STUDY OF UNIVERSE, OF THE COSMOS. A) AXIOLOGY. B) COSMOLOGY. C) ONTOLOGY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) COSMOLOGY. 10. What is the main function of Divine Law? A) Governs the spiritual dimension of human life. B) Directs all beings toward their proper ends. C) Enables humans to discern right from wrong. D) Translates universal principles into enforceable rules. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Governs the spiritual dimension of human life. 11. What does "anthropo" means? A) Man. B) God. C) Things. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Man. 12. Which of these is not 1 of the 3 main branches of philosophy? A) Mathematics. B) Metaphysics. C) Epistemology. D) Value Theory. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mathematics. 13. Which philosopher is most concerned with structural justice and how society should be designed for fairness? A) Peter Singer. B) Immanuel Kant. C) Noam Chomsky. D) John Rawls. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) John Rawls. 14. In the context of environmental science, what ethical consideration is crucial when conducting experiments? A) Ensuring experiments are conducted in secret. B) Ensuring experiments are cost-effective. C) Ensuring experiments are completed quickly. D) Ensuring experiments do not harm the environment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ensuring experiments do not harm the environment. 15. Personal biases, prejudices, wrong education may lead to misjudgment and misinterpretation of the moral principles. This is described to be ..... A) Absolute good. B) Judgement-event. C) Erroneous conscience. D) Conscience in crisis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Erroneous conscience. 16. What is the oldest known legal code in the world? A) Hammurabi's Code. B) Athenian Democracy. C) English Bill of Rights. D) 10 Commandments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hammurabi's Code. 17. According to Kant, what is the basis for determining the moral worth of an action? A) The consequences of the action. B) The intention and motive behind the action. C) The action's impact on personal happiness. D) An action is morally right if it is done out of duty and if it conforms to the categorical imperative. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) An action is morally right if it is done out of duty and if it conforms to the categorical imperative. 18. Ethics tells us whether an action is ..... A) Old or new. B) Good or bad. C) Smart or silly. D) Religious or not religious. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Good or bad. 19. Which of the following terms was Plato most concerned with? A) Universals. B) Transcendent. C) Immanent. D) Particulars. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Universals. 20. Engineers may not be required to follow the provisions of state or federal law when such actions could endanger or compromise their employer or their client's interests. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 21. Which statement best defines the concept of "ethics" ? A) Ethics attempts to answer the question: "what should I do?". B) Ethics is trying to judge people by what they believe and do. C) Ethics is a society's standards of conduct based on moral values and principles of its members. D) Characteristics that bring people praise and admiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ethics attempts to answer the question: "what should I do?". 22. It is a conflict in which you have to choose between two or more actions and have moral reasons for choosing each action A) Moral reasoning. B) Free will. C) Moral Standards. D) Moral Dilemma. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Moral Dilemma. 23. A key weakness of Act Utilitarianism identified in the material is that it: A) Relies on moral absolutes. B) Is impractical because it demands weighing complex variables for each decision. C) Denies that consequences matter. D) Rejects the principle of utility. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is impractical because it demands weighing complex variables for each decision. 24. Both President Trump and Senator Bernie Sanders are associated with this political philosophy that claims to support ordinary people? A) Anarchism. B) Populism. C) Progressivism. D) Libertarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Populism. 25. Epicurean ethics emphasize the importance of "ataraxia" and "aponia, " which respectively refer to: A) Intense emotional experiences and bodily pleasure. B) A life of asceticism and self-denial. C) Freedom from distress and the absence of pain. D) The pursuit of intellectual knowledge and wisdom. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Freedom from distress and the absence of pain. 26. Which topic deals with the study of moral principles and rules believed to be inherent in nature? A) Business Ethics. B) Utilitarianism. C) Meta Ethics. D) Natural Law. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Natural Law. 27. Why does Kant claim lying is always wrong in the example of deception? A) Lying would undermine the very possibility of trust if universalized. B) Lies always get discovered eventually. C) Religions forbid lying in sacred texts. D) Lying causes more pain than pleasure. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lying would undermine the very possibility of trust if universalized. 28. "Greatest happiness for greatest number" points to: A) Kant. B) Rawls. C) Aristotle. D) Bentham & Mill. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bentham & Mill. 29. Is the entire speech convincing? A) Yes. B) No. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 30. Designed by society to guide & regulate conduct & social practices A) Law. B) Moral. C) Values. D) Etiquette. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Etiquette. 31. The purpose of law is to A) Provide a way of measuring our actions. B) Punish us when our actions break the law. C) Provide moral decision-making standards. D) Both a measurement and punishment for illegal actions. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Both a measurement and punishment for illegal actions. 32. According to Utilitarian Theory, an action is considered ethically right if it: A) Follows the precedents set by similar cases in the past. B) Respects the fundamental rights of every human being involved. C) Aligns with the absolute moral duties of the individual. D) Produces the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Produces the greatest amount of good for the greatest number of people. 33. Which term refers to something that is existing outside, above and independent, of the material universe (e.g., a truth about God)? A) Particulars. B) Transcendent. C) Universals. D) Immanent. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Transcendent. 34. All are universal ethical standards except: A) Caring. B) Trustworthiness. C) Lying. D) Respect. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lying. 35. Which scenario is commonly used to illustrate utilitarian decision-making by prioritizing outcomes that save more lives? A) The trolley problem. B) The prisoner's dilemma. C) Pascal's wager. D) The ship of Theseus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The trolley problem. 36. The source and ground of all ethics is that the capacity of man for self-determination, the capacity to go beyond what he finds himself at the start the capacity to deliberate, to make plans, to make decisions, to act, to adopt a way of life. A) Consciousness. B) Will. C) Emotion. D) Intellect. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Intellect. 37. What is the fundamental principle of Utilitarianism, according to John Stuart Mill? A) The principle of justice. B) The greatest happiness principle. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The greatest happiness principle. 38. Empiricism believes that the source of morality is: A) Built into the universe. B) Beyond human beings. C) A product of human evolution. D) The same for all people everywhere. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A product of human evolution. 39. The mandate of medical ethics is the A) Welfare and confidentiality of the patient must be of least concern. B) Welfare and confidentiality of the patient must be of most concern. C) Principle of the greatest good for the greatest number must be of most concern. D) Principle of formal consideration of the interests of others must be of most concern. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Welfare and confidentiality of the patient must be of most concern. 40. WHAT DISCIPLINE STUDIES KNOWLEDGE, ITS PROCESSES, DISTINGUISHES BETWEEN CERTAINTY, KNOWLEDGE, AND BELIEF? A) THEOLOGY. B) LOGIC. C) EPISTEMOLOGY. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) EPISTEMOLOGY. 41. What is moral absolutism? A) The belief that there is no good or bad, it is all subjective. B) The belief that there is an absolute moral code that we all have access to. C) The belief that right or wrong is dependent on the culture you live within. D) The belief that goodness can only come about through constant change and social reform. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The belief that there is an absolute moral code that we all have access to. 42. Engineers are responsible to ..... , Employers and Clients, and to other engineers. A) Society. B) Environment. C) The government. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Society. 43. A being capable of moral agency is one who possesses the means of- A) Judging rightly. B) Power to react accordingly. C) Ethical Action. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ethical Action. 44. Which Hedonic Calculus factor concerns how likely the pleasure or pain will actually occur? A) Certainty. B) Purity. C) Fecundity. D) Duration. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Certainty. 45. Which of the following commonly motivates people to be skeptical about morality? A) The existence of moral disagreement. B) The belief that science is the only way of discovering truth. C) The view that all moral rules have exceptions. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 46. Jeremy Bentham's form of utilitarianism advocates case-by-case calculation of consequences. What is this called? A) Rule Utilitarianism. B) Virtue Utilitarianism. C) Preference Utilitarianism. D) Act Utilitarianism. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Act Utilitarianism. 47. Who are the moral agents? A) Girls. B) Boys. C) Humans. D) Animals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humans. 48. Which philosopher said, "we should avoid looking at the consequences of an action and instead focus upon doing the right thing, where the right thing is rationally determined" ? A) Immanuel Kant. B) Aristotle. C) John Stuart Mill. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Immanuel Kant. 49. What area of moral philosophy deals with questions about what our moral obligations are? A) Normative ethics. B) Moral epistemology. C) Value theory. D) Metaethics. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Normative ethics. 50. Engineers must perform under a standard of professional behavior that requires adherence to the highest principles of ethical ..... A) Judgment. B) Failure. C) Thought. D) Conduct. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Conduct. 51. According to Aristotle, what qualities should we practice every day? A) Generosity and courage. B) Anger and shame. C) Moralistic and obnoxious behavior. D) Deficiency and excess. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Generosity and courage. 52. What best describes "duty ethics" ? A) The golden rule that says you should do to others as you would like done to you. B) The belief that that ethics is is primarily a social duty. C) Acting ethically is really about avoiding punishment and receiving rewards. D) It is a personal duty to think of others before we think of ourselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The belief that that ethics is is primarily a social duty. 53. What is one skill that philosophy provides? A) Intellectual skills. B) Singing skills. C) Dancing skills. D) Cooking skills. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Intellectual skills. 54. How does the Third Formulation (Autonomy) differ from the First Formulation, according to the passage preceding the Fourth Formulation? A) It conceives of agents as lawgivers rather than followers. B) It requires obedience to authority rather than self-legislation. C) It rejects universal laws in favor of personal preferences. D) It emphasizes consequences rather than duties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) It conceives of agents as lawgivers rather than followers. 55. Which famous philosopher stated that the ultimate desire was happiness? A) Aristotle. B) Ms. Brown. C) Kant. D) Plato. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aristotle. 56. Which philosopher came up with "Categorical Imperatives" ? A) David Hume. B) Immanuel Kant. C) Plato. D) Thomas Aquinas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Immanuel Kant. 57. A person chooses not to tell a small lie, even though it would make their life easier, because they believe lying is always wrong. Which philosopher would agree with this reasoning? A) Noam Chomsky. B) John Rawls. C) Immanuel Kant. D) Peter Singer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Immanuel Kant. 58. What is the main goal of the Caux Principles? A) To increase energy leakage. B) To create global, universal ethical business principles. C) To create a competitive business environment. D) To establish a linear economic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) To create global, universal ethical business principles. 59. Aristotle argued that the best solution to a problem was usually between two extremes, known as what? A) Golden Mean. B) Golden Rule. C) Golden Mode. D) Golden Class. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Golden Mean. 60. An anthropologist writes a report on the ethical norms of a society in the Amazon rain forest. What kind of ethics is this? A) Descriptive Ethics. 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