NORTHERN CARIBBEAN UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF PROFESSIONAL & CONTINUING EDUCATION

RELB 118: ETHICS IN MORAL DEVELOPMENT
QUIZ ONE
March 21 and 22, 2018

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Campus: Mandeville Salem Kingston e Montego Bay

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Time: 30 Minutes y
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INSTRUCTOR: Melvin Francis MSc.
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This paper consists of FIVE (5) TRUE AND FALSE and FIVE MULTIPLE
CHOICE QUESTIONS. Please do all questions. I am expecting full honesty
from all students. Please do this quiz and return it by email within one hour of
receiving same.

MULTIPLE CHOICE (5 pts)

Instructions: Kindly circle the letter that indicates the correct response to each of
the following statements/questions.

1. Ethical Systems may be classified as, “Virtue-based system or:

a. Philanthropical-based systems
b. Philosophical-based systems
c. Deontological-based systems
d. Action-oriented Systems
e. None of the above

2. The term Law may be referred to as Ten Commandments. What other names may be
given to the term Law:
a. The first books of Jasher
b. The first five books of the New Testament
c. The first five books of Moses or the Pentateuch
d. The first five books of Minor Prophets
e. The first five books of the Major Prophets

3. Which is the most educational statement about metaethics?

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 a. The category of ethics that focuses on virtues produced by individuals, not the
morality of the specific acts.
b. An area of ethics that investigates the meaning or moral language
c. The discipline that produces moral norms or rules as its end product.
d. A sociological discipline that attempts to describe the morals of a particular
society, often by studying other cultures.
e. None of the above

4. Which statement best defines the term utilitarianism:

a. States that the morality of the act is determined by the end result.
b. States that the ethical systems involved are principled-based system, in which
actions are intrinsically right or wrong.
c. States that the morality of an act is determined by one’s self-interest.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above

5. Which statement most appropriately describes the term Ethical Egoism

a. States that the morality of an act is determined by its end result
b. States that the morality of an act is determined by one’s self-interest.
c. States that these ethical systems are principled-based system, in which actions are
intrinsically right or wrong.
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
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TRUE/FALSE (5 pts)
Instructions: In the space provided, kindly write the word ‘TRUE’ if the statement
is correct; otherwise write the word ‘FALSE’.

1. _____True_____ Ethical dilemmas can be resolved by clarifying the facts of the case in
question

2.______True____ Virtue theory holds that morality is more than simply doing right or wrong
things.

3___False__ Moral subjectivism maintains that the culture acceptance determines the validity
of moral norms.

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4.____ ______false ____ Cultural relativism states that morality is determined by the
individual’s own tastes and preferences.

5._____ __True________ Moral subjectivism states that whatever is right for you is okay,
and what is also right for me is also okay.