Multiple Choice Quiz

Stevenson's primary aim is to:

provide an account of what makes right actions right.

establish which things are good in themselves.

develop a theory of good moral character.

make ethical questions clear.

Interest theories of the good define goodness in terms of:

approval or desire.

benefit to oneself.

the consequences of one's actions.

prima facie duties.

Stevenson claims that the primary use of ethical judgments is to:

state facts.

influence the interests of others.

describe one's own approval of things.

none of the above.

Stevenson identifies the meaning of a term with:

the empirical observations to which it applies.

all the psychological causes and effects that attend its utterance.

the psychological causes and effects it has a tendency to be connected with.

the set of other words that are synonyms to the original word.

According to Stevenson, the word "good" has a pleasing emotive meaning that fits it for:

descriptive use.

constructive use.

dynamic use.

propositional use.

According to Stevenson, moral disagreements involve:

disagreement in interest.

disagreement in belief.

disagreement in theory.

disagreement in practice.

Stevenson claims that when we morally approve of something, we feel:

security when it prospers.

indignant when it does not prosper.

both a and b.

neither a nor b.

According to Stevenson, empirical methods:

are never useful in resolving ethical disagreement.

are sometimes useful in resolving ethical disagreement, but are not always sufficient.

are in principle always sufficient for resolving ethical disagreement.

provide the only responsible way to engage in moral philosophy.

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