Ethics trivia

8 ethics trivia questions, from easy to hard. Tap a question to see the answer. They're real questions from Rubicon, where you type the answer yourself and an AI judge reads what you meant.

This set covers Aesthetics & Beauty, Applied Ethics, Epistemology & The Nature of Knowledge, Ethical Theories & Moral Dilemmas, Famous Thought Experiments, Logic & Argument, Metaphysics & Existence and Mind, Free Will & Identity.

Questions and answers

  1. Easy Which trio captures core classical Greek ideals of artistic beauty?

    Classical Greek artistic beauty centered on the ideals of proportion, balance, and symmetry.

  2. Easy Why do advocates argue that individuals have a basic right to die?

    They believe competent individuals should have personal autonomy to end unmanageable pain and choose how their lives end.

  3. Easy Why does a medical trial keep an untreated group alongside the treated group?

    Researchers need a direct baseline to verify whether changes came from the treatment rather than passing time.

  4. Medium Why did Aristotle argue that a moral virtue lies directly between two opposing human vices?

    He believed virtue is ruined by excess and deficiency, thriving at a balanced center.

  5. Medium Which scenario was formulated earliest: Schrödinger's cat, the trolley problem, or the Chinese Room argument?

    Schrödinger's cat was formulated earliest, devised in 1935.

  6. Medium Why can two completely unrelated trends rise together without either one actually influencing the other?

    A hidden third factor can influence both separate trends simultaneously, making them appear directly connected.

  7. Hard Why did the ancient philosopher Parmenides argue that physical change and movement are logically impossible throughout the universe?

    He claimed change requires something to arise from or move into non-being, which logically cannot exist.

  8. Hard According to Galen Strawson's Basic Argument, why is it logically impossible for anyone to be truly, ultimately responsible for their actions?

    To be responsible for our choices, we must choose our nature, which triggers an impossible infinite regress of self-creation.

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