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Philosophy 302: Ethics
Quiz: Morals, Ethics, and Metaethics

Directions: Evaluate the following statements as "true" or as "false."

1. Morals is the study of what is thought to be right in a society..
True
False

2. What the philosopher terms "descriptive ethics" is what is normally considered the subject of morals.
True
False

3. Prescriptive ethics and descriptive ethics are studies which, when all is said and done, are equivalent..
True
False

4. Metaethics is the study of what ought to be done in different specific societies at to time and place.
True
False

5. Prescriptive ethics is the study of how one ought to act, rather than the study of the shared values of a culture..
True
False

6. Normative ethics and prescriptive ethics amount to the same thing.
True
False

7. Normative ethics and morals are the same discipline.
True
False

8. Metaethics or analytical ethics studies the meaning of ethical terms.
True
False

9. The ethical relativist believes not only that morals are different in different cultures but also that morality ought to differ from culture to culture.
True
False

10. The kind of ethics that seeks to determine what actions are right and wrong, good and bad, for all persons in all cultures for all times is prescriptive ethics.
True
False

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