Tarlac Agricultural University

Camiling, Tarlac
GEED 08 - ETHICS

Midterm Examination

Name: __________________________________
Section: ________________________________

NOTE: Absolutely NO ERASURES AND/OR CORRECTIONS. Think first before providing your answer/s.

Part I. Identify the following whether they are Moral or Non-moral standards
______________________1. Wearing of uniforms for students
______________________2. Returning what does not belong to you
______________________3. Fair-skinned people are beautiful
______________________4. Conserving water
______________________5. Minimum height for hotel receptionists
______________________6. No cheating on your exams
______________________7. Paying your taxes on time
______________________8. Respecting others
______________________9. Celebrating Christmas
______________________10. Caring for the sick

Part II. True or False. Correct minus wrong answers.

__________1. A moral agent is a being who is capable of acting with reference to right and wrong
__________2. A moral agent is to be held accountable for his or her own actions
__________3. Children may have little or no capacity to be moral agents
__________4. Adults with certain mental disabilities, may have little or no capacity to be moral agents
__________5. Adults may relinquish their moral agency only in extreme situations
__________6. Corporations, as a juridical person, have moral agency
__________7. Animals have moral agency
__________8. Cultural beliefs do not play a role in what one thinks to be right and wrong
__________9. Humans need religion to be moral
__________10. Culture does not influence our definitions of morals

Part III. Moral Reasoning. Your answers will be scored based on your level of reasoning.
Level 1 - Obedience and Punishment (1 pt) Level 4 - Law and Order (6 pts)
Level 2 - Individualism and Exchange (2 pts) Level 5 - Human Rights (8 pts)
Level 3 - Good Interpersonal Relationships (4 pts) Level 6 - Universal Principles (10 pts)

1. You are having your midterm examination and while your teacher is busy, the person seated next to you
asked to copy your answers because s/he was not able to review as s/he was sick. Would you let s/he copy or
not? Why?
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2. Your parents called you and your siblings to the living room. Apparently someone forgot to turn off the TV
last night and it was running until this morning. You know you did not do it, but your younger brother and
sister denied doing it as well. You father got angry and threatened to punish the three of you if no one will
admit to it. Should you lie and tell them you did it or would you just let your father punish all of you, even if
you don't know who really did it? Why?
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Part IV. Moral Philosophy. Identify and write down the following terms to the statements. Use the blanks provided.

Act Utilitarianism Moral Evil The Basic Goods

Categorical Imperatives Natural Law Theory The Formula of Humanity
Divine Command Theory Principle of Utility The Free-will Defense
Ends-in-ourselves Rule Utilitarian The Golden Mean
Eudaimonia Soul-making Theodicy The Universalizability Principle

___________________________________1. We should act always so as to produce the greatest good for the greatest
number
___________________________________2. A life well lived; human flourishing
___________________________________3. The theory that God created the world according to predictable, goal-
driven systems whereby life is sustained and everything functions
smoothly
___________________________________4. The belief that what's moral, and what's immoral, is commanded by the
divine
___________________________________5. The sweet spot or midpoint between two extremes
___________________________________6. The things that man are designed to seek, like life, reproduction, etc.
___________________________________7. We ought to live by rules that, in general, are likely to lead to the
greatest good for the greatest number
___________________________________8. Act according to that rule which you can at the same time will that it
should become something that must always be done in similar
situations, without contradiction
___________________________________9. Commands you must follow, regardless of your desires. Moral
obligations are derived from pure reason
___________________________________10. Act so that you treat humanity always as an ends and never as a mere
means
___________________________________11. We are not mere objects that exists to be used by others. We're rational
and autonomous, with the ability to set our own goals and work toward
them
___________________________________12. You should choose the action that produces the greatest good for the
greatest number
___________________________________13. God maximized the goodness in the world by creating free beings,
meaning we have the choice to do good or bad things
___________________________________14. Evil committed, on purpose, by humans
___________________________________15. God deliberately created us unfinished, and our earthly lives are
designed to build or train us into a particular type of being
Total Score: 55
Passing Score: 27
Prepared By:
Rommel T. Ibarra
Instructor
Tarlac Agricultural University
Camiling, Tarlac

COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

GEED 08 - ETHICS

Midterm Examination

COURSE CONTENT K C AP AN S E Total No.

No. of Hours of Items
Identification: Moral vs 10 10
Non-moral 6
True or False: Cultural 10 10
Relativism and Moral 3
Agency
Moral Reasoning 10 5 5 20
6
Matching Type: Moral 6 8 7 15
Philosophies

TOTAL 21 38 17 55

Prepared by:

ROMMEL T. IBARRA
Instructor

Noted:

ABIGAIL P. OFICIAR
Department Chair – Social Sciences

Approved:

MA. THERESA B. NARDO, Ph. D.

Dean, CAS