2. Ethics and Morality

Moral Theories — Quiz

Test your understanding of moral theories with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Scenario: A security officer considers lying to a suspect to protect hidden children. According to Kantian deontology, why is lying impermissible?

Question 2

Policy A yields utilities of [6,2,1,1,0] for five stakeholders; Policy B yields [3,3,3,3,3]. Which policy does act utilitarianism deem morally preferable?

Question 3

In Aristotelian virtue ethics, courage is the golden mean between which two vices?

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT one of the basic primary precepts in Aquinas’s Natural Law theory?

Question 5

The Euthyphro dilemma challenges Divine Command Theory by asking: