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Ethics for Life, 7e (Boss)
Chapter 3 Conscience and Moral Development
1) In the context of the development of conscience, people who lack a
conscience or a moral sense are known as:
1. A) romantic sentimentalists.
2. B) misanthropes.
3. C) praxists.
4. D) sociopaths.
Answer: D
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2) Which of the following premises is shared by various developmental
theories?
, 1. A) Morality is intensely personal and relative to each individual’s
feelings.
2. B) Humans have an innate desire to grow and strive toward the good.
3. C) Morality must be taught because children are fundamentally amoral
and lack a moral sense.
4. D) Conscience is culturally relative; hence moral education is important.
Answer: B
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3) In the context of moral sentiments, the capacity for and inclination to
imagine the feelings of others is known as ________.
1. A) intuition
2. B) moral satisfaction
3. C) sympathy
4. D) the helper’s high
Answer: C
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4) In the context of moral sentiments, moral indignation is defined as:
1. A) the anger an individual feels at the sight of others being harmed.
2. B) an individual’s innate need to accept responsibility for his or her
actions.
3. C) the anger an individual feels when he or she is personally injured.
4. D) an individual’s motivation to pay attention to the needs of his or her
loved ones.
5) According to studies of psychopaths and brain-damaged people like
Phineas P. Gage, which part of the brain plays a key role in moral reasoning?
1. A) the affective medulla
2. B) the frontal lobes
3. C) the cerebellum
4. D) the pituitary gland
Answer: B
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6) Which of the following factors would a cultural relativist argue to be the
most important in the formation of our consciences?
1. A) good genes
2. B) intuition
3. C) conscious moral direction
4. D) environment
Answer: D
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7) Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud identified the conscience with the:
1. A) heart.
2. B) ego.
3. C) superego.
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