ETHC445 final exam mutiple choice 2017
Question 1.1 The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be always prohibited reflects what type of ethics? (Points : 5)
Aristotle’s Doctrine of the Mean
Kant’s Categorical Imperative in the 1st Formulation)
Hobbes’ concept of the State of Nature
Thomas Aquinas’ concept of Natural Law
Bentham’s principle of pleasure and pain
Question 2.2. What is the moral ideal of justice? (Points : 5)
Acts of mercy beyond what is required
Making decisions in order to build friendships
Meeting legal requirements
Evaluation of situations according to their merits
Meeting the terms of the Social Contract
Question 3.3. One of the common errors in Ethics is that of the hasty conclusions. Hasty conclusions consist of what? (Points : 5)
Rushed work under pressure
Comparing unknown cases to known ones to find precedents
Embracing conclusions before examining cases fully
Judging cases by the source of their origin
Belief that first impressions are valid until challenged
Question 4.4.Prescriptive language used in ethical discussions is characterized by which of the following words? (Points : 5)
Cannot be
Could be
Used to be
Should be
Must be
Question 5.5. Ethics that teaches us what we should do in our own self-interest is taught through which style of ethics? (Points : 5)
Rousseau’s social constructionism
Rand’s objectivism
Aristotle’s politics
Contemporary care-based ethics
Plato’s “Ring of Gyges” example
Question 6.6. Free people are motivated toward forming social structures according to a social contract in order to overcome what problem identified by Thomas Hobbes?
(Points : 5)
The need to overcome disagreements
A perpetual state of warfare
The establishment of a monarchy
Taxation to support the costs of government
Organized ways to select leaders
Question 7.7. Agricultural biofuels are not properly a renewable source of energy in the environmental ethics debate. Which of the following is a renewable source of
energy? (Points : 5)
Windmill turbines ]]
Natural gas
Coal
None of the above
Question 8.8. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) Kant said that the only thing “good without qualification” is what? (Points : 5)
The best interests of all concerned
Acts of mercy
The amount of happiness produced
Personal virtues
A good will
Question 9.9. (TCOs 8, 9) John Stuart Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism is the most common form of ethics in use today. It is used so commonly because it belongs to
which of the Primary Schools of Ethics? (Points : 5)
Care-based
Ends-based
Economy-based
Law-based
Efficiency-based
Question 10.10. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) What is the purpose of proving whether a syllogism of formal logic is “valid”? (Points : 5)
To identify the connecting phrase “therefore” or a synonym of it before proceeding further
To determine whether the situation described is accurate
To determine whether the premises are true before continuing
To determine whether the conclusion proceeds from the premises
To determine that there are only two premise statements in the syllogism
Question 11.11. When choosing one course of action while working with a dilemma, the other courses of action are lost and become unavailable. This makes ethical
choices in dilemma situations particularly what? (Points : 5)
Incoherent
Complicated
Illogical
Painful
Cruel
Question 12.12. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) What is the role of conscience as Thomas Aquinas sees it? (Points : 5)
To teach ethical principles
To disclose and build religious faith
To enable rational thought about consequences
To align personal ethics with those of others
To guide actions through a view of right and wrong
Question 13.13. The single criterion for making decisions in objectivist ethics is what? (Points : 5)
Professional development
Personal self-interest
The physical environment
Financial gain
The close group of family and friends who will be impacted
Question 14. The Social Contract theorist whose troubled childhood was most clearly reflected in his theories was who? (Points : 5)
Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Jefferson
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Thomas Hobbes
John Locke
Question 15.15. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) “Act only according to that maxim…” begins what famous formulation of deontological ethics? (Points : 5)
The Nicomachean Ethics
The Social Contract
The Principle of Utility
The Hypocratic Oath
The Categorical Imperative
