University of Cebu

Banilad Campus
Philosophy 101: Ethics
Instructor: Neil Bryan N. Moninio
Name: _____________________________________ Date:_________________
Schedule: __________________________________ Score: _______________
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
(Set A)
General Instruction: The examination is good for one (60) minutes only and is equivalent of __ points. The
questionnaire consists of 6 pages. Read each question very carefully. A point will be deducted every erasure which
includes superimposition and white ink marks. A point will also be deducted for every question without any
answer. An additional 5 points will be given to students without any erasures. CHEATING IS A GROUND FOR
EXPULSION. Please refrain from talking, peeking nor glancing your classmates’ test papers. If you are caught doing
such, it will be construed as cheating and will be dealt with necessary repercussions.

Part 1 - Multiple Choice Questions (1 points each)

Instruction: In circle the letter of the best answer among the choices.

1. It’s hard to deny the objective reality of moral values- actions like rape, torture, and child abuse are not just socially
unacceptable behavior but are moral abominations.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

2. One cannot doubt successfully a phenomenon of his own existence- namely, his moral experience. Even secularists
like Kai Nielsen recommend that one “ought to” act or follow some rules, policies, practices, or principles.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

3. When we accept the existence of goodness, we must affirm a moral law on the basis of which to differentiate
between good and evil.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.

4. Moral law is also called Law of Nature because early philosophers thought that generally speaking, everybody knows
it by nature.
a. People experience a sense of moral obligation and accountability.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral law is known to humans.
5. Morality is absolute- there is a real right and real wrong that is universally immutably true, independent of whether
anyone believes it or not.
a. Morality is objective.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral judgements must be supported by reasons.

6. Moral judgements are different from mere expressions of personal preference – they require backing by reasons,
and in the absence of such reasons, they are merely arbitrary.
a. Morality is objective.
b. Moral values and moral absolutes exist.
c. Moral law does exist.
d. Moral judgements must be supported by reasons.

7. It refers to the norms which we have about the types of actions which we believe to be morally acceptable and
morally unacceptable.
a. Morality
b. Moral standards
c. Non-moral standards
d. Moral dilemma

8. It refers to rules that are unrelated to moral or ethical considerations.

a. Morality
b. Moral standards
c. Non-moral standards
d. Moral dilemma
9. It is a conflict in which you have to choose between two or more actions and have moral reasons for choosing each
question.
a. Morality
b. Moral standards
c. Non-moral standards
d. Moral dilemma
10. What is the title of your prescribed book
a. Ethics
b. Ethics for dummies
c. Ethics for college students
d. Philosophy of Ethics
11. The sum total of human creation
a. Culture
b. Language
c. Belief
d. Values
12. That culture is created and developed by man implies that is –
a. Learned
b. Shared
c. Cumulative
d. Dynamic
13. Culture is cumulative because-
a. It is fixed or static
b. It is continuous
c. It varies from one culture to another
d. It has a tendency to grow and expand

14. According to Tylor, culture includes the following except-

a. Laws
b. Mores
c. Customs
d. Nature

15. Which of the following is true of culture?

a. Culture has a tight grip on the moral development of the people
b. Culture is the conditioning principle of the moral development of its member.
c. Principle that surrounds the moral development of the people
d. All of the above
16. Which of the following statements is true of culture?
a. Language are culture
b. Archaeologists dig up culture in their evacuations.
c. Culture is powerful tool for survival.
d. All of the above
17. Who first defined culture as that complex whole?
a. A E.B. Taylor
b. Tylor Edwards
c. Frank Wagnalls
d. John Macionis
18. Culture is –
a. The same thing as society
b. Limited to humans
c. Possessed only by males
d. None of the above
19. Which of the following is true?
a. Culture is static.
b. Culture is limited.
c. Culture compensates to many human physical limitation.
d. None of the above.
20. National pride is conceived when nation has common-
a. Feelings
b. Aspirations
c. Goals
d. All of the above
21. The very foundation of morality
a. Dignity
b. Law
c. Beliefs
d. Values
22. The ultimate value of all religious people
a. Happiness
b. Love
c. Charity
d. Faith
23. The resource for everyday life
a. Nature
b. Health
c. Happiness
d. All of the above
24. This is needed to realize and main our highest human values of freedom, peace, life, love and happiness
a. Equity
b. Fairness
c. Justice
d. Morality
25. This creates trust and friendly attitude towards the other
a. Human dignity
b. Love
c. Human respect
d. All of the above
26. The basic condition for freedom and happiness
a. Peace
b. Love
c. Happiness
d. Liberty
27. Pleasure or sensuous gratification for one self
a. Achievement
b. Hedonism
c. Power
d. Stimulation
28. A Filipino trait of accepting his fate by believing that everything is written on his palm.
a. Jackpot mentality
b. Paninindigan
c. Bahala na
d. Kapalaran values
29. That culture is created and developed by man implies it is –
a. Learned
b. Shared
c. Cumulative
d. Dynamin
30. Culture is diverse-
a. It varies from one society to another
b. It is developed by humans
c. It is passed on to other people
d. It is fixed.
Part 2 – Modified True or False (1 points each)
Instruction: Write True if the statement if correct in the blank provided. If the statement is false or inaccurate, underline
the ambiguous word or phrase and write the correct answer in the blank provided.

___________________________1. Kant says that the moral law is only that I know myself as a slave person. Kantian
freedom is closely linked to the notion of autonomy, which means law itself; thus, freedom falls obedience to a law that
I created myself. It is therefore, respect its commitment to compliance with oneself.

___________________________ 2. For Kant, acting freely (autonomously) and acting morally are different thing.

___________________________ 3. Only the motive of inclination (pleasure), acting according to the law I give myself
confers moral worth to an action. Any other motive, while possibly commendable, cannot give an action moral worth.

___________________________ 4. I am only free when my will is determined autonomously, governed by the law
Walang Forever. Being part of nature, I am not exempt from its laws and I’m inclined or compelled to act according to
those laws.

___________________________ 5. If I want X, I must do Y. It is an example of categorical imperative.

___________________________ 6. Categorical imperative is conditional. “It is concerned not with the matter of the
action and its presumed results, but with its form, and with the principle from which it follows. And what is essentially
good in the action consists in the mental disposition, let the consequences be what they may be.

___________________________ 7. One of the formulation of Categorical imperative provides that “act only on the
maxim where you can at the same time will be at should become a unilateral law.”

___________________________ 8. “Sugo ni mama” is a rule, a principle that gives reason to action.

___________________________ 9. The “midterm test” is the test that checks whether my action puts my interests and
circumstances ahead of everyone else’s. My action will fail the test if its results in a contradiction.

___________________________ 10. The second formulation of Kant’s categorical imperative provides that “Act is such
a way that you always treat animally, whether in your own person or in the person of any other, never simply as a
means, but always at the same time as an end.”

___________________________ 11. Tala refers to a set of guidelines which have been put in place in different countries
and communities and have been accepted by all. Tala are useful tools in guiding and monitoring the interactions of
humans in the society. A tala is a prescribed guide for conduct or action. Tala help guide actions toward desired results.

___________________________ 12. Moral Dilemma, or moral philosophy, may be defined in a provisional way, as the
scientific study of moral judgements. Moral Dilemma is the discipline concerned with what is morally good and bad,
right and wrong. The term is also applied to any system or theory of moral values.

___________________________ 13. The term Ethics is derived from the Greek word mentos which can mean custom,
habit, character or disposition.

___________________________ 14. Descriptive ethics try and define how people should act, in which actions are
judged by their merits, allowing societies to develop codes of conduct for behavior. It actually defines what is right and
wrong.

___________________________ 15. Normative ethics ask what do people think is moral? This branch of ethics does not
actually claim that things are right or wrong, but simply studies how individuals or societies define their morals.

___________________________ 16. Stupidity can be defined as the standards that an individual or a group has about
what is right and wrong, good and evil. Stupidity is not imposed from outside, but innate and can even be conscious.
___________________________ 17. A “solar” may refer to a particular principle, usually as informal and general
summary of a moral principle, as applied in a given human situation.

___________________________ 18. Normative morality refers to certain codes of conduct put forward by a society or a
group (such as a religion), or accepted by an individual for his/ her own behavior.

___________________________ 19. Descriptive morality refers to a code of conduct that, given specified conditions,
would be put forward by all rational persons.

___________________________ 20. A detective agent is a being that is “capable of action with reference to right and
wrong”.

Part III. Essay

1. Your daughter is suffering from a rare disease that has put her in constant pain and agony which only a few
doctors can cure. You have to bring her to a specific hospital but the latter respectfully refuses the admission of
your child due to lack of financial means to pay the hospital bills. Finally, one day, while praying in Basilica del
Santo Nino, a person sitting beside you forgot his bag containing surmountable amount of money, enough to
pay for the hospital bill for your child. What would you do if you would subscribe to Kant’s categorical
imperative? Explain how Kant’s philosophy would reason out your decision.

2. Explain each stages of Lawrence Kohlberg’s stages of moral development. Give example each.