ETH 316 Week 3 – Mid-Week Quiz

Question 1

Theoretical ethics provides guidelines about which actions are right and wrong.

True

False

Question 2

Anthropocentrism is the belief that adult humans are the central or most significant reality of the universe.

True

False

Question 3

Because it is grounded in a specific view of the purpose or goal of the natural order, natural law is considered to be

Deontological

Teleological

Question 4

In a/an _____________ argument, the conclusion necessarily follows if the premises are true and the reasoning process is valid.

Inductive

Deductive

Question 5

The Kitty Genovese Syndrome is characterized by an attitude of moral indifference to another person’s distress.

True

False

Question 6

Match each description below with its correct form of resistance.

Question 7

Cultural relativism is another term for sociological relativism.

True

False

Question 8

Thomas Aquinas recognized four types of law and placed them into a specific hierarchy. Select the correct order.

Natural Law, Human law, Eternal Law, Divine Law

Eternal Law, Divine Law, Natural Law, Human Law

Divine Law, Eternal Law, Natural Law, Human Law

Question 9

Which person wrote the essay on “Civil Disobedience?”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thomas Aquinas

Henry David Thoreau