Self Quiz Chapter 14: Ethics and Religion

. Euthyphro tells Socrates that pious acts are acts that the gods love. This can mean

that the gods make pious acts pious by loving those acts.

that there are pious acts that exist purely on their own and the gods love these.

Either a and b, but not both at the same time

Both a and b at the same time

. It is consistent with the autonomy thesis to maintain that

God is under the same moral standard as humans.

God sets the moral standard for all humans.

without God, there can be no moral standard.

the moral right is based indirectly upon God as natural law theory claims.

. Classic divine command theory claims that morally wrong acts are acts that

God has commanded against.

conflict with God's nature.

do not conform to God's nature.

are not mentioned in the Bible.

. The autonomy thesis

completely rules out God's existence.

suggests that there can be a moral standard without God's existing.

entails that there cannot be a moral standard, regardless of whether God exists.

holds that any autonomous person can set their own moral standard.

. According to the alternate dependency account, morally right acts are defined

as whatever God wills or commands.

as acts that fit with God's essential nature.

in terms completely independent of God

as those which are confirmed for us through prayer.

. Act and rule utilitarianism, as well as Kant's ethics, agree with

the dependency thesis.

the autonomy thesis.

divine command theory.

the alternate dependency account.

. Given traditional divine command theory, if God were to tell parents that they should always kill their first child, then killing one's first child would be the morally right thing to do.

True

False

. If God's essential nature determines what is morally good and right, then we cannot learn anything about morality from sources independent of God or religion.

True

False

. Whether God exists is one of the central questions of ethics.

True

False

. Determining how to properly assess a religion's moral teachings is especially important because so many things—both terrible and good—are done by people based on their religious beliefs.

True

False

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