Skip to main content
United States
Jump To
Support
Register or Log In
Support
Register or Log In
Instructors
Browse Products
Getting Started
Students
Browse Products
Getting Started
Return to A Concise Introduction to Ethics Student Resources
Chapter 10 Self Quiz
Virtue Ethics
Quiz Content
*
not completed
.
According to virtue ethics, the fundamental moral question is
What kinds of things are intrinsically good?
correct
incorrect
What kind of person should I be?
correct
incorrect
What is the right thing to do?
correct
incorrect
What would benefit me most?
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
According to virtue ethics, actions are right just because
there are good reasons to perform them.
correct
incorrect
they would be performed by a virtuous person.
correct
incorrect
they benefit everyone and harm no one.
correct
incorrect
all of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Virtue ethics is a form of
consequentialism.
correct
incorrect
ethical absolutism.
correct
incorrect
ethical pluralism.
correct
incorrect
none of the above
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
According to virtue ethics, the simple formula for right action is
Act so as to maximize well-being.
correct
incorrect
Treat others as you want them to treat you.
correct
incorrect
Do what you think is best.
correct
incorrect
none of the above (There is no simple formula.)
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
According to virtue ethics, moral understanding is a species of
theoretical knowledge.
correct
incorrect
practical wisdom.
correct
incorrect
unreflective opinion.
correct
incorrect
none of the above (Moral understanding is impossible.)
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
According to virtue ethics, emotions
tend to make us violate our duties.
correct
incorrect
are irrelevant to morality.
correct
incorrect
would be entirely absent from a virtuous person.
correct
incorrect
play a crucial role in moral understanding.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
What notion should be at the heart of ethical theory, according to virtue ethics?
duty
correct
incorrect
intrinsic value
correct
incorrect
moral character
correct
incorrect
pleasure
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
What is the relationship between duty and virtue, according to virtue ethics?
Duty is defined as what a virtuous person would do.
correct
incorrect
Virtue is defined as a character trait that leads us to do our duty.
correct
incorrect
The two concepts are independent of one another.
correct
incorrect
If one does one’s duty, virtue is unnecessary.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
A
moral
exemplar
is a
non-absolute moral rule.
correct
incorrect
person who serves as a moral role model.
correct
incorrect
situation that illustrates the consequences of a moral principle.
correct
incorrect
person to whom the moral rules do not apply.
correct
incorrect
*
not completed
.
Which of the following is a statement of the
priority problem
?
Virtue ethics wrongly defines duty in terms of virtue instead of vice versa.
correct
incorrect
A person can be virtuous without having all her priorities straight.
correct
incorrect
The consequences of an action sometimes have priority over one’s intentions.
correct
incorrect
Virtue ethics lacks a way of ranking moral principles in terms of importance.
correct
incorrect
Previous Question
Submit Quiz
Next Question
Reset
Exit Quiz
Review & Submit
Submit Quiz
Are you sure?
You have some unanswered questions. Do you really want to submit?
Back to top
Printed from , all rights reserved. © Oxford University Press, 2024
Select your Country