In a Religious Context, Morality Is Typically Described as "Prescriptive

question 23

Multiple Choice

In a religious context, morality is typically described as "prescriptive." What does this mean?

• A) Morality entails obligations, using words such as "should" and "ought."
• B) Moral commands are general suggestions or guidelines that one can accept or ignore.
• C) Morality is purely relative, that is, completely determined by the individual or the community.
• D) Morality is incomprehensible, too strange to be understood at all.

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Definitions:

Volute

A spiral, scroll-like form characteristic of the ancient Greek Ionic and the Roman Composite capital.

Ionic

One of the two systems (or orders) invented in ancient Greece for articulating the three units of the elevation of a classical building: the platform, the colonnade, and the superstructure (entablature). The Ionic order is characterized by, among other features, volutes, capitals, columns with bases, and an uninterrupted frieze. See also Doric.

Greek Column Capital

The topmost element of a column in Greek architecture, varying in design - Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian - and serving both structural and decorative purposes.

Athenian White-Ground Lekythos

A type of ancient Greek vase, often used for storing oil, distinguished by its white background and detailed figural decoration.