Deck 12: Lying, Cheating, Breaking Promises, and Stealing

Question 1

Lies of commission involve leaving out vital information.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

"Cheating is okay so long as you don't get caught" could work on a nonconsequentialist view.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Honesty is the best policy.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

"I know lying is bad but I just felt like it." Who might say such a thing?

A)Consequentialists
B)Hippies
C)Act utilitarians
D)Act nonconsequentialists

Question 5

Who said that the important question is not whether I tell the truth but how I should tell the truth?

A)Woody Allen
B)Elizabeth Kübler Ross
C)Your instructor
D)Immanuel Kant

Question 6

The moderate position on lying entails

A)telling lies as much as you can get away with.
B)never telling even a "little white one."
C)trying to tell the truth as much as possible.
D)telling the truth when it suits.

Question 7

Who justified stealing on the basis that it was exciting?

A)Willie Sutton
B)The Penguin
C)John Stuart Mill
D)Enron

Question 8

Shakespeare's character Iago in Othello is a wonderful example of honesty and truthfulness.

Question 9

"Everything I say is a lie" - "including what I've just said and including this sentence."

Question 10

What philosopher believed that lying and cheating were always wrong?

A)John Stuart Mill
B)Jeremy Bentham
C)Augustine
D)The guy who sits next to you in class

Question 11

What would the Domino argument say about the four issues studied in this chapter?

A)They are all justifiable in certain situations.
B)They are likely to lead to more of the same.
C)They are all likely to lead to a happier society.
D)They are all unjustifiable.

Question 12

Cheats always prosper.

Question 13

A major argument against lying is that

A)it gives unfair advantage to women.
B)it misinforms the people lied to.
C)it doesn't help anyone.
D)men lose self-esteem.

Question 14

Kant would argue that we cannot universalize stealing, cheating, lying, and breaking promises.

Question 15

When asked by a prison chaplain why he stole from banks the great Willie Sutton replied: "cause that's where the money is."

Question 16

Kant would say that breaking a promise is never justified.

Question 17

People ought to cheat because the world is "dog eat dog." This is an example of

A)deriving an ought from an is.
B)moral honesty and truthfulness.
C)male pseudo logic.
D)what the world is like.

Question 18

Stealing is acceptable on some consequentialist arguments.

Question 19

A major argument in favor of lying is

A)that companies would go out of business.
B)that politicians would lose all credibility.
C)the defense of the innocent.
D)relationships would collapse.

Question 20

Breaking a promise is acceptable to me on those occasions when I stand to benefit.This is an)argument.

A)Deontological
B)Utilitarian
C)Retributivist
D)Egoistic