Deck 4: Exploring the Concepts of Character, Conduct, and Hedonism

Question 1

'Character' refers to the complete system constituted by the acts of ____ of a particular kind.

A)wish
B)desire
C)intention
D)will

Answer 1

will

Question 2

Collective name for voluntary actions

A)Conduct
B)Desire
C)Wish
D)Good

Answer 2

Conduct

Question 3

What constitute conduct

A)Purpose
B)Choice
C)Both a and b
D)Neither a and b

Answer 3

Both a and b

Question 4

---------- is outer expression of character

A)Will
B)Wish
C)Desire
D)Conduct

Question 5

The permanent bent of the mind, constituted by the 'settled habits of will' is:

A)Conduct
B)Desire
C)Character
D)Wish

Question 6

___________ is a formed habit.

A)Custom
B)Desire
C)Wish
D)Character

Question 7

Character is built up by a person out of his natural tendencies and dispositions by controlling and regulating them by ___

A)Passion
B)emotions
C)reason
D)Desire

Question 8

_______ is the acquired habit of controlling the natural instincts and impulses in order to realize definitely conceived ends.

A)Character
B)Conduct
C)Wish
D)Desire

Question 9

Pleasure/pain is the norm of moral evaluation in __________.

A)Intuitionism
B)Virtue ethics
C)Hedonism
D)All these

Question 10

"Men always do seek pleasure". This position is called __________ hedonism.

A)Psychological
B)ethical
C)egoistic
D)universalistic

Question 11

Universalistic hedonism is also called ___________ .

A)ethical hedonism
B)psychological hedonism
C)utilitarianism
D)egoistic hedonism

Question 12

Ethical hedonism is the view that human beings ___________ seek pleasure.

A)always do
B)ought to
C)shall not
D)ought not

Question 13

___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of each individual.

A)Egoistic
B)Psychological
C)Universalistic
D)none of these

Question 14

___________ hedonism refers to the pleasure of all human beings.

A)psychological
B)egoistic
C)ethical
D)universalistic

Question 15

The ethics of __________ is precisely termed utilitarianism.

A)Kant
B)Spencer
C)J. S. Mill
D)T. H. Green

Question 16

Both Bentham and Mill share the __________ principle of morality.

A)pleasure
B)evolutionist
C)both (a) and (b)
D)neither (a) nor (b)

Question 17

According to hedonists, pleasure is the only thing that is ____________.

A)possible
B)avoidable
C)visible
D)desirable

Question 18

According to Hedonism, hedoneor ------ is the ultimate standard of morality

A)Pleasure
B)Will
C)Good will
D)reason

Question 19

__________ hedonism holds that pleasure is the natural and normal object of desire, that we always seek pleasure and avoid pain

A)Ethical
B)Egoistic
C)Psychological
D)Altruistic

Question 20

________hedonism holds that pleasure is the proper object of desire; that we do not always seek pleasure but ought to seek pleasure.

A)Ethical
B)Egoistic
C)Psychological
D)Altruistic

Question 21

According to _____ hedonism the pleasure of the individual is the moral standard

A)Ethical
B)Psychological
C)Egoistic
D)Altruistic

Question 22

According to __________ hedonism the greatest happiness of the greatest number or general happiness is the moral standard.

A)Ethical
B)Psychological
C)Egoistic
D)Altruistic

Question 23

According to_________ hedonism, all pleasures are alike in kind they differ only in intensity or degree; there is no qualitative difference among them.

A)Altruistic
B)Egoistic
C)Gross Egoistic
D)Refined Egoistic

Question 24

The theory that what we ought to aim at is the greatest possible amount of pleasure of all human beings, or of all sentient creatures.

A)Utilitarianism
B)Perfectionism
C)Egoistic Hedonism
D)Humanitarianism

Question 25

Who is the advocate of quantitative utilitarianism

A)J.S.Mill
B)Jermey Bentham
C)Immanual Kant
D)F. H. Bradley