NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, etc.), GATE, CUET, Olympiads etc.: Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 1 of 90)

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  1. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
    Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 1 of 90)
    List-I (Authors)List-II (Books)
    1. F H Bradley
    2. Immanuel Kant
    3. C L Stevenson
    4. Ernst Casirrer
    1. An introduction to a Philosophy of Human Culture
    2. Facts and Values
    3. Foundation of Metaphysics of Morals
    4. Ethical Studies
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
        • 4
        • 3
        • 1
        • 2
        • 3
        • 4
        • 2
        • 1
        • 4
        • 3
        • 2
        • 1
        • 3
        • 4
        • 1
        • 2
  2. Plato՚s ethics is
    1. teleological
    2. deontological
    3. partly deontological and partly imperatival
    4. neither teleological nor deontological
  3. The unforeseen consequences of an action are counted in the determination of its moral rightness by
    1. teleological ethics
    2. deontologicalethics
    3. teleological and deontological ethics
    4. neither teleological and deontological ethics
  4. Which one of the following expresses best the thesis of psychological hedonism?
    1. Everyone ought to desire pleasure
    2. The aim of every action is pleasure
    3. Everyone seeks to avoid pain
    4. Every sentient creature desires pleasure
  5. Who among the following is a psychological Hedonist
    1. Aristotle
    2. Hobbes
    3. Ross
    4. Sidgwick
  6. How many dimensions of pleasure are taken into consideration in Bentham՚s ‘Hedonistic Calculus’
    1. Seven
    2. Six
    3. Five
    4. Four
  7. Consider the following statements:
    1. Everything we consider worthwhile in human life consists not in following nature but in improving upon the transcending nature
    2. If God has no reason for giving the commands. He does, then we have no good reason to obey them
    3. We must obey God՚s commands because He is supremely powerful and our creater
    • Which of these is/are statement (s) made by
      • J S Mill?
        1. 1 and 2
        2. 1 and 3
        3. 1 alone
        4. 2 alone
  8. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Doctrines Propounder
      • Match Item 1: Reason is not intended to produce happiness, but to produce a goodwill
      • Match Item 2: I Kant
      • Match Item 1: There is no distinction between a motive for conduct and a rule of conduct
      • Match Item 2: J S Mill
      • Match Item 1: Judaism and Christianity are suitable for the evolutionary struggle
      • Match Item 2: John
      • Match Item 1: There must be a separation of means from ends
      • Match Item 2: John Dewey
  9. According to Kant, one should act only on the maxim through which one can at the same time will that it should become a universal law of nature. Who among the following modern moral philosophers holds a similar thesis?
    1. David Gauthier
    2. Stevenson
    3. R M Hare
    4. S. Toulmin
  10. Which one of the following expresses best the thesis of determinism?
    1. Whatever happens is bound to happen
    2. Whatever happens is principle predictable
    3. Whatever happens is pre-ordained
    4. No one can do other than what he does
  11. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer:
    Table Supporting: NET, IAS, State-SET (KSET, WBSET, MPSET, Etc.) , GATE, CUET, Olympiads Etc. : Philosphy MCQs (Practice_Test 1 of 90)
    List-I (Books)List-II (Authors)
    1. The Virtues
    2. Language of Morals
    3. After Virtue
    4. Theory of Justice
    1. John B. Rawis
    2. Alasdair Maclntyre
    3. R M Hare
    4. Peter Geach
    • A
    • B
    • C
    • D
        • 4
        • 3
        • 1
        • 2
        • 4
        • 3
        • 2
        • 1
        • 3
        • 4
        • 2
        • 1
        • 3
        • 4
        • 1
        • 2
  12. Which one of the following ethical theories is a form of Ethical Naturalism?
    1. Emotivism
    2. Prescriptivism
    3. Descriptivism
    4. Positivism
  13. Which one of the following ethical theories holds that moral judgements entail imperatives?
    1. Descriptivism
    2. Emotivism
    3. Prescriptivism
    4. Positivism
  14. Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched? Tenets Value terms have Propounders
      • Match Item 1: No descriptive meaning
      • Match Item 2: J S Mill
      • Match Item 1: Only descriptive meaning
      • Match Item 2: Stevenson
      • Match Item 1: Partially descriptive meaning
      • Match Item 2: Hare
      • Match Item 1: No meaning
      • Match Item 2: Kurt Baier
  15. Which one of the following thinkers argues that ethics non-naturalism cannot be maintained because it fails to account for the essentially dynamic character of moral judgement?
    1. G. E. Moore
    2. R M Hare
    3. C L Stevenson
    4. Stuart Hampshire

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