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Metaethics: Moral Knowledge and Moral Justification

Description: This quiz will test your understanding of metaethics, the branch of philosophy that examines the nature of moral knowledge and moral justification.
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Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are objective and true or false independently of our beliefs or desires?

  1. Moral relativism

  2. Moral nihilism

  3. Moral objectivism

  4. Moral subjectivism


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Moral objectivism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are objective and true or false independently of our beliefs or desires.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are subjective and true or false only relative to the individual or group that makes them?

  1. Moral relativism

  2. Moral nihilism

  3. Moral objectivism

  4. Moral subjectivism


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Moral relativism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are subjective and true or false only relative to the individual or group that makes them.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that there are no moral facts and that moral statements are therefore meaningless?

  1. Moral relativism

  2. Moral nihilism

  3. Moral objectivism

  4. Moral subjectivism


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Moral nihilism is the metaethical theory that claims that there are no moral facts and that moral statements are therefore meaningless.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their consequences?

  1. Consequentialism

  2. Deontology

  3. Virtue ethics

  4. Natural law theory


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Consequentialism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their consequences.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their adherence to a set of rules or principles?

  1. Consequentialism

  2. Deontology

  3. Virtue ethics

  4. Natural law theory


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Deontology is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their adherence to a set of rules or principles.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on the character or virtues of the person making them?

  1. Consequentialism

  2. Deontology

  3. Virtue ethics

  4. Natural law theory


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Virtue ethics is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on the character or virtues of the person making them.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their accordance with the natural order or the laws of nature?

  1. Consequentialism

  2. Deontology

  3. Virtue ethics

  4. Natural law theory


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Natural law theory is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their accordance with the natural order or the laws of nature.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their coherence with a system of beliefs or principles?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Error theory

  4. Expressivism


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Coherentism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are true or false based on their coherence with a system of beliefs or principles.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather express emotions or attitudes?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Error theory

  4. Expressivism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Expressivism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather express emotions or attitudes.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply mistakes?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Error theory

  4. Expressivism


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Error theory is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply mistakes.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply commands or imperatives?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Imperativism

  4. Expressivism


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Imperativism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply commands or imperatives.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply expressions of personal preference?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Imperativism

  4. Subjectivism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Subjectivism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply expressions of personal preference.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply reports of facts?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Imperativism

  4. Factualism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Factualism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply reports of facts.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply expressions of emotion?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Imperativism

  4. Emotivism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Emotivism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply expressions of emotion.

Which of the following is a metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply expressions of attitude?

  1. Coherentism

  2. Non-cognitivism

  3. Imperativism

  4. Attitudinism


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

Attitudinism is the metaethical theory that claims that moral statements are not true or false, but rather are simply expressions of attitude.

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