ETHICS

1.A theory that bases morality on the consequences of actions. What is useful is good and that
morality is determined by the consequence of your actions.
a. Utilitarianism
b. Deontology
c. Virtue Ethics
d. None of the above

2. It deals with moral issues concerning nature, ecosystem, and its non-human contents.
a. Human-sexual ethics
b. Bioethics
c. Environmental ethics
d. Social ethics

3. Involves the idea that each individual’s interests and point of view are equally important.
a. Reason
b. Freedom
c. Impartiality
d. Justice
4.Standards that are concerned with or relating to human behavior, especially the distinction
between good or bad (or right and wrong behavior).
a. Moral Standards
b. Rules
c. Universal Standards
d. Non-moral Standards

5.Theory that is character-based rather than act-based like deontology or teleology. When we say
that it is character-based, it means that we judge or determine goodness (or badness) in the
person by judging the overall character or virtues that he/she possesses.
a. Virtue ethics
b. Deontological ethics
c. Teleological ethics
d. Utilitarianism
6.What can highlight the need for morality to be based on sympathy for other people?
a. Moral character
b. Moral dilemma
c. Moral sentiments
d. Moral standards

7.Rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical considerations.

a. Norms
b. Universal Standards
c. Moral Standards
d. Non-moral Standards

8.This virtue is an exercise of understanding that helps us know the best means in solving moral
problems in which we encounter in the concrete circumstances
a. Justice
b. Fortitude
c. Prudence
d. Temperance

9. Fundamentally believes that no act is good or bad objectively, and there is no single absolute
universal standard through which we can evaluate the truth of moral judgments.
a. Social Convention
b. Social Conditioning
c. Cultural Relativism
d. Ethnocentrism
10.Dubbed as quantitative hedonist or quantitative utilitarian, went so far as to create a detailed
method to calculate the quantitative worth of pleasure.
a. Jeremy Bentham
b. John Rawls
c. John Stuart Mills
d. Immanuel Kant
11.This is the act of judging another culture based on preconceptions that are found in the values
and standards of one's own culture.

a. cultural relativism
b. social conditioning
c. social convention
d. Ethnocentrism

12. In this stage of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory, people look to society as a whole for
guidelines about right or wrong.
a. Good Interpersonal Relationships
b. Maintaining the Social Order
c. Universal Ethical Principle
d. Social Contract

13.These moral dilemmas refer to cases involving network of institutions and operative
theoretical paradigms.
a. Personal
b. Organizational
c. Structural
d. Impersonal

14.Which of the following is not true about Moral Standards?

(1/1 Point)
a. Moral standards involve serious wrongs or significant benefits.
b. Moral standards ought to be preferred over other values.
c. Moral standards are not based on impartial considerations.
d. Moral standards are not established by authority figures.

15.Speaks of a code or system of behavior in regards to standards of right and wrong behavior.
a. Ethics
b. Morality
c. Philosophy
d. None of the above
16.States that moral judgments convey propositions, that is, they are truth bearers or they are
either true or false.
a. Non-cognitivism
b. Cognitivism
c. Objectivism
d. Subjectivism

17. “I would not steal because respect of property ownership is an important part of maintaining laws
and social order.” Which of the following stages of Kohlberg’s Moral Development Theory is
related to the situation?
a. Respect for the property of others
b. Social contract and individual rights
c. Good interpersonal relationships
d. Universal Ethical Principle

18. Which is not true about moral dilemma?

a. The agent is required to do each of two (or more) actions
b. The agent can do each of the actions; but the agent cannot do both (or all) of the actions.
c. The agent is not condemned to moral failure
d. None of the above.

19.This refers to the capacity for logical, rational and analytic thought and can be the basis for an
action, decision or conviction.
a. Morality
b. Reason
c. Impartiality
d. Freedom

20. The situation involves two moral choices that conflict, but the individual has no idea which choice is
the most morally acceptable. They don’t know which is the most ethically viable.
a. Epistemic moral dilemmas
b. Ontological moral dilemmas
c. Self-imposed moral dilemmas
d. World-imposed moral dilemmas
21.The following are examples of non-moral standards except for one.
a. Dress code and School uniform policies
b. Table etiquette
c. Traffic rules and regulations
d. Non-maleficence and beneficence

22.Which among the following is NOT a formulation or principle of Kant’s categorical

imperative?
a. Principle of good will
b. Principle of universalizability
c. Principle of humanity
d. Principle of autonomy

23. It is branch of philosophy that studies the rightness or wrongness of a human action.
a. Ethics
b. Morality
c. Philosophy
d. None of the above

24. Aldrin, a grade five pupil refrains from running in the hallway to avoid the consequences
involved in violating the school’s rule.” The situation refers to what stage of Kohlberg’s Moral
Development Theory?
a. Universal principles
b. Social contract and individual rights
c. Obedience and punishment
d. Maintaining the social order

25.Filipino trait that is manifested as the tendency to give personal interpretations to actions. It is
also manifested in the need to establish personal relationships before any business or work
relationship can be successful.
a. Extreme personalism
b. Lack of discipline
c. Lack of self-analysis
d. Crab mentality
26.What examines moral principles concerning business environment which involves issues
about practices, policies and the conducts in organizations and companies?
a. Social ethics
b. Environmental ethics
c. Bio-ethics
d. Business ethics

27. A student offers to be last in line when going to the cafeteria so she can be first in line when
going out for recess. What theory of moral development is shown?

a. Reward orientation
b. Punishment-obedience stage
c. Good boy/girl orientation
d. Social contract orientation

28. The options in this dilemma are equal in their moral consequences. This means that neither of
them supersedes the other. They are fundamentally on the same ethical level.
a. Epistemic moral dilemmas
b. Ontological moral dilemmas
c. Self-imposed moral dilemmas
d. World-imposed moral dilemmas

29. The following are conditions that must be present in moral dilemmas except for one.

a. The person or the agent of a moral action is obliged to make a decision about which
course of action is best.
b. There must be different courses of action to choose from.
c. No matter what course of action is taken, some moral principles are always compromised.
d. By choosing one of the possible courses of action given in a situation, the person is
able to succeed and resolve the dilemma.

30. It refers to the rational plan of God by which all creation is ordered
a. Eternal Law
b. Natural Law
c. Human Law
 d. Divine Law
31.This theory holds that moral standards (rules, laws) are as agreed upon by people, or
customary ways through which things are done within a group.
a. Social Convention
b. Social Conditioning
c. Cultural Relativism
d. Ethnocentrism

32. It is the foundation of morality

a. Reason and Impartiality
b. Love, Respect, Hope
c. Freedom
d. Universal Standards

33. Filipino character which refers to lack of patriotism or active awareness, appreciation and
love for the country. There is preference for foreign fashion, entertainment, lifestyles,
technology, consumer items, etc.
a. Kanya-kanya syndrome
b. Colonial mentality
c. Crab mentality
d. Passivity
34. It claims that ethical sentences do not convey authentic propositions, hence are neither true or
false.
a. Non-cognitivism
b. Cognitivism
c. Objectivism
d. Subjectivism

35.It is the process by which individuals acquire knowledge from others in the groups to which
they belong, as a normal part of childhood.
a. Customization
b. Enculturation
c. Social learning
d. Conditioning
36. As a moral system, it places emphasis on developing good habits of character, like kindness
and generosity, and avoiding bad character traits or vices such as greed or hatred.
a. Virtue ethics
b. Normative ethics
c. Applied ethics
d. Social ethics

37. The minimum requirement for morality:

a. Reason and Partiality
b. Logic and Reason
c. Freedom and Respect
d. Reason and Impartiality

38.Explicit or understood regulations or principles governing conduct within a specific activity

or sphere.
a. Moral Standards
b. Rules
c. Norms
d. Non-moral Standards

39.Who among the following philosophers holds that “justice should be distributed that would
yield fairness for those who have more and those who have less”?
a. Jeremy Bentham
b. John Rawls
c. Thomas Aquinas
d. John Stuart-Mill

40.Refer to all the rights that you have (as stated in any existing law) as a citizen of the
Philippines, or any particular country.
a. Moral Rights
b. Legal Rights
c. Human Rights
d. All of the above