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GEC04 ETHICS (Final Examination) Set A

GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS:
 Use black or blue ink only.
 Erasures are not allowed. Superimpositions are considered erasures.
 Write legibly.

Part I. PROPONENTS and CONCEPTS OF VIRTUE ETHICS, NATURAL LAW,

DEONTOLOGICAL ETHICS, and UTILITARIANISM
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Use CAPITAL letters only. (1 point for each
correct answer)

For numbers 1 to 10, use the choices below:

A. Aristotle
B. Thomas Aquinas
C. Immanuel Kant
D. John Stuart Mill
E. Jeremy Bentham

1. He is an Italian Catholic priest who belongs to the religious Order of Preachers or Dominicans.
2. He was homeschooled by his father on the Benthamite Doctrine.
3. He was a student of natural history and an eminent physician who served under the King of
Macedonia.
4. He is a British philosopher.
5. He thought that being a good person was a vital part of God’s plan for each of us.
6. He is also a British philosopher.
7. He is considered to be Plato’s greatest student.
8. He was born to a religious and lower middle-class family.
9. He believed that an individual needs to practice virtue to be really virtuous.
10. He viewed morality through categorical imperatives.

For numbers 11 to 25, use the choices below:

A. Virtue Ethics
B. Natural Law Theory
C. Deontological Ethics
D. Utilitarianism

11. This looks at the moral character of the person carrying out a particular action.
12. A eudaimonistic life is about constantly setting new goals and working to develop new ones.
13. It is all about sticking to the moral rulebook.
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14. This tells us that morality is grounded in God because he created the moral order.
15. This is the antithesis of Deontological Ethics.
16. This considers the consequences of an action rather than the intention of doing it.
17. This considers that there are things that we are inclined to seek.
18. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”
19. In order to determine what’s right, you have to use reason and a sense of consideration for other
people.
20. This looks at people as ends-in-ourselves.
21. “We should act always so as to produce the greatest good for the greatest number.”
22. Everything has a function. If a thing is able to fulfill its function, it is good. Otherwise, it is bad.
23. Our moral obligations are believed to have been derived from pure reason.
24. “God made us with the tools we need to know what’s good.”
25. Morality is equated to being the best person you can be, honing your strengths while working on
your weaknesses.

For numbers 26 onwards, use the choices provided for each item number.

26. This contains the first description of virtue ethics.

A. Deontological Ethics
B. Nichomachean Ethics
C. Benthamite Doctrine

27. This refers to virtue being a kind of knowledge.

A. Golden Mean
B. Practical Wisdom
C. A priori truths

28. This refers to the midpoint between vices.

A. Arête
B. Practical wisdom
C. Golden Mean

29. In Kantian Ethics, this refers to the foundation of ethical living.

A. Duty
B. Goodwill
C. Reason

30. This refers to a rule or a principle of action.

A. Arête
B. Maxim
C. Formula of Humanity
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31. These are the reasons why people violate the natural law all the time.
A. Prohibition and Positive Injunction
B. Ignorance and Emotion
C. Lying and Deception

32. All except one is a description of Kantian Ethics.

A. “Even though we’re rational animals, we’re also emotional creatures.”
B. “Act according to that maxim which you can at the same time will that it should become a
universal law without contradiction.”
C. “Act so that you treat humanity, whether in your own person or in that of another, always an
end, and never as a mere means.”

33. “If you want to compete for a swimming competition, then you must train incessantly.” This is an
example of a ___.
A. Hypothetical Imperatives
B. Categorical Imperatives
C. A priori truths

34. We are self-governed. We make our free decisions based on our rational wills.
A. Ends-in-ourselves
B. Proper functioning
C. Absolute moral worth

35. In Kantian Ethics, this refers to the source of ethical living.

A. Duty
B. Goodwill
C. Reason

36. This means that it is not fair to make exceptions for yourself.
A. Universalizability Principle
B. Formula of Humanity
C. Principle of Utility

37. It focuses on how you should treat other people.

A. Universalizability Principle
B. Formula of Humanity
C. Principle of Utility

38. This is also referred to as the Greatest Happiness Principle

A. Universalizability Principle
B. Formula of Humanity
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C. Principle of Utility

39. This means excellence.

A. Arête
B. Phronesis
C. Ethos

40. A virtuous character is the result of the proper combination of practical wisdom (___) and
habituation (___) in the pursuit of the mean (___).
A. Mesotes – Phronesis – ethos
B. Phronesis – Ethos – Mesotes
C. Ethos – Mesotes – Phronesis

41. When there is a lack of courage, there is ___.

A. Cowardice
B. Recklessness
C. Prodigality

42. When there is excessive generosity, there is ___.

A. Stinginess
B. Prodigality
C. Recklessness

43. When there is a lack of honesty, there is ___.

A. Brutal honesty
B. Stinginess
C. Failing to say things that need to be said

44. This refers to human flourishing.

A. Eudaimonia
B. Arête
C. Telos

45. This is means end, purpose, or goal.

A. Arête
B. Telos
C. Eudaimonia

46. This allows us to refrain from acts that might maximize utility in the short run, and instead follow
rules that will maximize utility for the majority of the time.
A. Act Utilitarianism
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B. Rule Utilitarianism
C. Kantianism

47. In any given situation, you should choose the action that produces the greatest good for the
greatest number.
A. Act Utilitarianism
B. Rule Utilitarianism
C. Kantianism

48. What is the prohibition for life?

A. Do not kill.
B. Prevent reproduction
C. Promote life.

Part II. BASIC GOODS

Enumeration: List the seven basic goods according to the Natural Law Theory. (1 point for each correct
answer)

1. List down the Basic Goods

a. __________________
b. __________________
c. __________________
d. __________________
e. __________________
f. __________________