Chapter 13 Self Quiz

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. The standard moral argument is a mixture of...

Statements and queries correct incorrect

Moral and nonmoral statements correct incorrect

Deductive and inductive premises correct incorrect

Questions and answers correct incorrect

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. The best approach to identifying implicit premises is to treat moral arguments as...

Inductive correct incorrect

Deductive correct incorrect

Nonmoral statements correct incorrect

Theories correct incorrect

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. We can evaluate a moral premise by...

Trying to think of counterexamples to it correct incorrect

Referring to the nonmoral premise correct incorrect

Evaluating the conclusion correct incorrect

Rewording the nonmoral premise correct incorrect

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. A moral theory tries to explain...

A moral agent's motivations correct incorrect

What society defines as acceptable correct incorrect

What people believe correct incorrect

What makes an action right or what makes a person good correct incorrect

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. Considered moral judgments are...

Those moral judgments that are endorsed by conscience correct incorrect

Those moral judgments that the majority of people accept correct incorrect

Those moral judgments that we accept after we reason about them carefully correct incorrect

Those moral judgments that we accept because of our upbringing correct incorrect

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. In moral arguments, a moral conclusion cannot be established without…

A deductively valid argument form correct incorrect

A moral premise correct incorrect

Strong inductive evidence correct incorrect

An implicit premise correct incorrect

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. Subjective relativism implies that each person is...

Morally responsible correct incorrect

Conscientious correct incorrect

Tolerant correct incorrect

Morally infallible correct incorrect

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. Social relativism implies that it is impossible to disagree with one's culture and be...

Wrong correct incorrect

Right correct incorrect

Fallible correct incorrect

Understood correct incorrect

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. According to Kantian ethics, an action is right if it...

Promotes the agent's individual self-interest correct incorrect

Conforms to universal moral rules derived from reason correct incorrect

Maximizes overall happiness, everyone considered correct incorrect

Is commanded by God correct incorrect

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. According to traditional utilitarianism, an action is right if it...

Promotes the agent's individual self-interest correct incorrect

Conforms to universal moral rules derived from reason correct incorrect

Maximizes overall happiness, everyone considered correct incorrect

Is commanded by God correct incorrect