Transcript Revision Quiz

Revision Quiz
Prelim: Higher RMPS
Jeremey Bentham was a…..
Give two reasons for using IVF
PGD stands for…..
Duty and Reason are the two
guiding principles of which ethicist?
In one word anicca is?
In four words bullet point the
scientific method
Name two countries where
voluntary euthanasia is legal
In five bullet points summarise the
cosmological argument
Give two reasons for selecting an
embryo
Name the representative of the
Catholic Church in Scotland
One bonus point if you can spell his
favourite word!
Which MSP plans to present a bill to
the Scottish parliament on euthanasia
in 2013?
Name two kinds of revelation
What is the sangha?
Name the three marks of existence
Name two strengths of the scientific
method
Name three things thought to have come
into existence at the time of the big bang.
The 6 days of creation story can be
found in which book of the Bible?
Name two charges that could be brought
against you, if you assisted someone to
commit suicide in the UK
Name the three root poisons
What is the dhamma
List two of the five precepts
What is the name of the moral dilemma
that asks: Is what is morally good
commanded by God because it is
morally good, or is it morally good
because it is commanded by God?
What does ‘evaluate’ mean?
Revision Quiz
Answers
Jeremey Bentham was a…..
• Utilitarian
Give two reasons for using IVF
• As a fertility treatment
• To select for undesired embryos
PGD stands for…..
• Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis
Duty and Reason are the two
guiding principles of which ethicist?
• Kant
In one word anicca is?
• impermanence
In four words bullet point the
scientific method
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Observation
Hypothesis
Experiment
Verify
Name two countries where
voluntary euthanasia is legal
• The Netherlands
• Switzerland
In five bullet points summarise the
cosmological argument
• The universe exists
• Everything that exists is caused
• There can’t be an infinite number of
causes
• There must have been an un-caused first
cause
• The un-caused cause is God
Give two reasons for selecting an
embryo
• To avoid genetically inherited disease
• Sex selection
Name the representative of the
Catholic Church in Scotland
• Cardinal Keith O’Brien
One bonus point if you can spell his
favourite word!
• Abhorrent
Which MSP plans to present a bill to
the Scottish parliament on euthanasia
in 2013?
• Margo McDonald
Name two kinds of revelation
• Special
• General
What is the sangha?
• The world wide community of Buddhists
Name the three marks of existence
• Anicca
• Anatta
• Dukkha
Name two strengths of the scientific
method
• It can be verified
• When new evidence comes along it can
adapted
Name three things thought to have come
into existence at the time of the big bang.
• Space
• Time
• Matter
The 6 days of creation story can be
found in which book of the Bible?
• Genesis 1
Name two charges that could be brought
against you, if you assisted someone to
commit suicide in the UK
• Murder
• Culpable Homicide
Name the three root poisons
• Greed
• Hatred
• Ignorance
What is the dhamma
• Teachings of the Buddha
List two of the five precepts
• Refrain from killing
• Refrain from false speech
What is the name of the moral dilemma
that asks: Is what is morally good
commanded by God because it is
morally good, or is it morally good
because it is commanded by God?
• Euthyphro dilemma
What does ‘evaluate’ mean?
• To decide how much value something (in
our case usually an argument) has.
• i.e. talk about strengths and weaknesses!
How might a utilitarian respond to
embryo selection?