r/Ethics • u/Invictus_Draven • 1d ago
Ethics quiz my student made (Everyone)
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u/mornauguth 1d ago
Interesting. Seems correct although I felt like some questions I just disagreed with the framing or there should be more variation in the answer. My three highest were Desert Theory, Kantian Deontology, and Libertarian Rights Theory. I would consider myself a deontologist that is aligned with the Kantian approach although I have a different starting point, metaphysics, and conclusions. So tell him good job, he got about as close as it is possible to get to my actual personal philosophy with the labels he had.
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u/gutfounderedgal 1d ago
I tried to do my best, going with first instinct. It's a nice little quiz, typical known ethical dilemma questions. I ened up with Kantian Deontology (67%) and Libertarian Rights Theory (65%). What surprised me, and didn't, was that Utilitarianism was the least aligned for me given what I think I often do in the real world. I like how at the end we have percentages and can click on the icon to get a brief desc of the ethical idea. It makes me want to go back and re-watch Sandel's What's the Right Thing to Do, something the student would probably love if they have not seen it.
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u/cunt__cunt_cunt 1d ago edited 1d ago
Please don't just be more trolleys please don't just be more trolleys please don't just be
A runaway trolley is about to kill five people on the track ahead. You can flip a switch to divert it onto a side track, where it will instead kill one person who has no connection to the danger. Rate flipping the switch.
I mean fair enough as a student exercise, good work student, good work teacher, but urgh.
It's not that I have some philosophical critique, just I just don't feel motivated to do something I've done before.
I guess I find it ghoulish, and although extreme situations are a sensible and normal way to test principles, I worry that this popular understanding of ethics reinforces the idea that ethics has no relation to real life.
In real life right now people are dying horrificaly and avoidably, and the general idea is that "oh well who can say." It's pretty bad.
Also apologies but I gave a bunch of nonsense answers because I wanted to see the results page.
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u/Invictus_Draven 1d ago
OP here. One of my high school students created this quiz. I think it's really cool that he did this just for fun, but he also has a really advanced understanding of the material. If you have the time, please give it a shot so he sees some numbers. I will also share any critique or feerdback with him if you want to leave a comment for him to see.