THEO 204 UPDATED Actual Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
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THEO 204
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THEO 204
THEO 204 UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is Ethics defined in this course? - CORRECT ANSWER- Ethics is what makes us
ask ourselves - "What should I do?"
What are the sources that one can draw on in ethical deliberation? - CORRECT ANSWER-
1) The consequences of an action...
THEO 204 UPDATED Actual Exam
Questions and CORRECT Answers
How is Ethics defined in this course? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Ethics is what makes us
ask ourselves - "What should I do?"
What are the sources that one can draw on in ethical deliberation? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔1) The consequences of an action
2) One's virtue being tested
3) The intention that one has when another acts
What is the foundation of ethics? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The foundations of moral
action is the inner realm
Describe a situation, either from your own experience or someone you know, where a moral
act let to freedom. Explain why you think the moral act let to freedom. In your explanation,
refer to the four 'types' of freedom that Melchin explains in Chapter three. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔Example: Sister freeing herself from parents because they are too strict
1) Freedom from Domination: negative act (sister freeing from parents)
2) Freedom from self-determination: positive act (sister wanting to change)
3) Essential Freedom: having control over our actions through moral meaning (sister not
going ham in partying)
4) Effective Freedom: limiting the capacity of freedom (going out twice per week)
What are the moral horizons in relation to ethical deliberation? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔The moral horizon, is a horizon in which questions our ethics. Our moral horizon
includes things such as our education and culture. We tend to care about things in our horizon
rather than whats outside of it. We should expand out of our moral horizon.
,Identify two fundamental moral obligations as explained in Melchin's book. - CORRECT
ANSWER- ✔✔1) We are obligated to develop ourselves as moral people
2) We are obligated to develop virtuous patterns within ourselves and in our society
What shaped the history of the Christian tradition's reflection on moral living?
a) the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament)
b) the New Testament
c) the relation between "faith" and "reason"
d) the philosophy of Lato and Aristotle - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c) the relation between
"faith" and "reason"
Morality in the New Testament is presented as:
a) a rigid system or code that one must follow
b) a single perspective that runs through the New Testament
c) a set of rules and regulations clearly laid out in the teachings of Jesus
d) a variety of ethical perspectives that are contextual in nature - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔d) a variety of ethical perspectives that are contextual in nature
What is the "Kingdom of God?"
a) the territory including Galilee and Jerusalem where Jesus taught
b) the world to come at the end of time (heaven)
c) acceptance of God as patterned in Jesus' life and teachings
d) the entire world - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔c) acceptance of God as patterned in Jesus'
life and teachings
Thomas Aquinas, a 13th century Italian Dominican priest, was concerned with:
, a) explaining what Aristotle teaches about ethics
b) protecting the notion of a human agent who is responsible author of his or her own actions
c) teaching the meaning and ethical implications of the ten commandments
d) denouncing the Catholic Church for not following God's will - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔b) protecting the notion of a human agent who is responsible author of his or her own
actions
Explain the difference between negative freedom and freedom as self-determination. -
CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔Negative freedom is the freedom of domination. Freedom from
self-determination is a positive act, knowing what the right thing to do is and staying within a
capacity of freedom.
What is the difference between moral evil and pre-moral evil? - CORRECT ANSWER-
✔✔1) Moral evil is breaking the law
2) Moral evil under God is committing a sin
3) Pre-evil moral is evil without the human intention
What does the "surplus of evil" mean? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔The surplus of evil is the
evil in which we cannot understand
What are the three principles operative in history and in our own lives as discussed in the
course? - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1) Progress
2) Decline
3) Redemption
Describe the characteristics of drunk driving by answering the following questions:
1) What are the contexts?
2) What might be some of the intentions of a drunk driver?
3) What are the larger social structure that are affected by drunk driving?
4) Explain the normal characteristics of drunk driving in terms of the three meanings of the
term good (personal desire, social order, and longer range progress or decline of the social
order itself) - CORRECT ANSWER- ✔✔1) Explain the situation
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