Multiple Choice Quiz

According to Moore, the most fundamental question in all of ethics is:

whether life is worth living.

whether God exists.

how "good" is to be defined.

whether morality is objective.

Moore argues that until a definition of "good" is known it will be impossible to:

make true ethical judgments.

know what the evidence is for any ethical judgment.

lead an ethically good life.

all of the above.

Which of the following concepts can be defined, according to Moore?

good

yellow

horse

all of the above

When it comes to defining good, Moore claims that many past philosophers are guilty of:

begging the question.

circular reasoning.

the naturalistic fallacy.

the ad hominem fallacy.

Moore claims that there is no meaning in saying that pleasure is good, unless:

goodness and pleasure are the same thing.

good is something different than pleasure.

all good things are pleasant.

all pleasant things are good.

When asked "what is good?" Moore answers:

good is desire.

good is pleasure.

good is beauty

good is good.

Moore defines the naturalistic fallacy as the view that:

everything that is natural is good.

everything that is good is natural.

good is identical to a natural property.

all of the above.

According to Moore, we are thinking about good whenever we think about:

pleasure.

things that we desire.

intrinsic value.

none of the above.

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