Meta-ethics: Review
A2 Ethics
Multiple-choice Quiz – Questions
1. Is meta-ethics different from normative ethics?
A Yes
B No
C In some ways
D They are the same thing
2. Name a cognitivist approach to meta-ethics.
A Ethical naturalism
B Prescriptivism
C Emotivism
D Kantian
3. Name an ethical naturalist philosopher.
A FH Bradley
B PD James
C FH Branley
D PH Manley
4. Name a non-cognitivist approach to meta-ethics.
A Intuitionism
B Ethical Naturalism
C Kantian
D Emotivism
5. Name an intuitionist philosopher.
A WD Ross
B GE Moore
C HA Prichard
D AJ Ayer
6. Who asked what ‘murder is wrong’ actually means?
A David Hobbes
B David James
C David Hume
D David Plume
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Meta-ethics: Review
A2 Ethics
Multiple-choice Quiz – Questions contd
7. Who suggested that ‘good’ was a simple term like ‘yellow’?
A GE Moore
B WD Ross
C HA Prichard
D D Hume
8. What is a naturalistic fallacy?
A Identifying goodness with a natural quality
B Identifying a natural quality
C Linking ethical theories to animal behaviour
D Linking ethics to naturism
9. Who developed the idea of prima facie duties?
A GE Moore
B WD Ross
C HA Prichard
D FH Bradley
10. What is the ‘boo-hurrah’ theory?
A An ethical theory based on emotion
B A way of explaining ethical theories which avoid emotion
C A way of explaining how people respond in a difficult situation
D A way of showing that ethical statements express feelings
11. Who thought that moral judgements are prescriptive and universal?
A AJ Ayer
B HA Prichard
C CL Stevenson
D RM Hare
12. Who thought that moral statements are a result of subjective opinions?
A CL Stevenson
B DH Lawrence
C WD Forty
D HA Prichard
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Meta-ethics: Review
A2 Ethics
Multiple-choice Quiz – Answers
1.
A
B
C
D
Correct – they are totally different
Incorrect
Incorrect
Incorrect
2.
A
B
C
D
Correct
No, you may need to look up the difference between cognitive and non-cognitive
No, you may need to look up the difference between cognitive and non-cognitive
No
3.
A
B
C
D
Yes
No
No
No
4.
A
B
C
D
No, you may need to look up the difference between cognitive and non-cognitive
No, you may need to look up the difference between cognitive and non-cognitive
Incorrect
Correct
5.
A
B
C
D
Correct
Correct
Correct
You picked the only incorrect answer
6.
A
B
C
D
No
No
Yes
No
7.
A
B
C
D
Correct, they are simple and indefinable words
Incorrect, although he did not disagree
Incorrect, although he did not disagree
Incorrect
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Meta-ethics: Review
A2 Ethics
Multiple-choice Quiz – Answers contd
8.
A
B
C
D
Yes
No
No
No
9.
A
B
C
D
Try again
Correct – he named seven prima facie duties
Try again
Try again
10.
A
B
C
D
Nearly right – try again
Incorrect
Not quite right – try again
Correct
11.
A
B
C
D
No
No
No
Yes
12.
A
B
C
D
Yes
No
No – this is a make of oil!
No
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