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Ethical Reasoning MCQ

Ethical Reasoning MCQ

1. The benefit of volunteering as part of an employer program to assist a local community is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Utility

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2. From a deontological perspective, the greater good must be achieved only with means that respect people’s ______.

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Correct Answer: Rights

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3. Care ethics takes a ______ perspective, with a foundation in the idea that ethical decision-making should be thought of as involving not only rational, objective calculation and rule application, but also subjective, emotional judgments that give priority to caring for others.

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Correct Answer: Feminist

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4. ______ are concerned with making the basic structure of society, e.g., the legal and political systems, as fair as possible.

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Correct Answer: Contractarians

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5. Making decisions based on the outcomes of actions is an example of what approach?

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Correct Answer: Teleology

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6. ______ ethicists take the view that ethics is about engaging in conduct that builds our character and wisdom.

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Correct Answer: Virtue

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7. A problem that ______ approaches face is that conflicts can arise among one’s duties.

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Correct Answer: Deontological

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8. One major criticism of ______ ethics is that it may actually allow decision-makers to take actions that make the world worse off than other choices would have.

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Correct Answer: Deontological

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9. Kant’s ______ formulation of the categorical imperative states that we must decide for ourselves on how to take actions that are in accordance with universal principles and respect the inherent dignity of others.

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Correct Answer: Third

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10. The Pinto case holds important lessons for assessing the ______ of decisions.

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Correct Answer: Consequences

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11. he benefit of volunteering as part of an employer program to assist a local community is an example of ______.

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Correct Answer: Utility

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12. Virtue theory is an approach to ethical reasoning focusing on qualities of ethical excellence, such as _____ ?

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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13. In Utility there is _____ ?

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Correct Answer: All of the above

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14. Utilitarianism is also known as?

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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15. An ethical approach focusing on the ends or _____ ; also known as teleology or consequentialism.

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Correct Answer: Consequences of actions

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16. Teleology is the theory that a thing can be explained in terms of its _____ ?

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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17. Intrinsic goods are the goods that have inherent value—that is, are “good” in and of themselves.

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Correct Answer: True

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18. According to Aristotle, the desirable point is finding the middle between _____ of a virtue.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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19. According to _____ , the desirable point is finding the middle between excess and deficiency of a virtue.

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Correct Answer: Aristotle

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20. Intrinsic goods are the goods that derive their value from what they can lead to—what they are “good for.”

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Correct Answer: Flase

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21. Ethics of care is an approach to ethical reasoning that emphasizes caring for those with whom we have _____ relationships.

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Correct Answer: Interpersonal

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22. Ethical egoism is the philosophy that self-interest is the basis of _____ ?

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Correct Answer: Morality

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23. Deontology is also known as?

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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24. Deontology is an ethical approach focusing on the _____ ; also known as the rights-based or Kantian approach

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Correct Answer: Means of actions

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25. Contract theory is an approach to ethics that assesses the _____ based on whether it conforms to a set of social rules that preserve the basic rights and freedoms of all.

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Correct Answer: Morality of an action

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26. Consequentialism is the theory that the ethics of an action should be based on its consequences.

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Correct Answer: True

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27. _____ is the theory that explains the behavior of one element of a complex system and the system itself in terms of that element’s interdependencies with other system elements.

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Correct Answer: Complex Theory

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