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HU245 Ethics

Unit 1 Quiz   

Question 1          Ethics is __________________.

the study of knowledge

the study of the nature of reality

the study of human behavior

the study of right and wrong

the study of what is socially acceptable

Question 2          Goodness is

that which brings happiness and pleasure

excellence

harmony and creativity

whatever I say it is

a combination of that which brings happiness, pleasure, excellence, harmony, and creativity

Question 3A cat toys with a live mouse throwing it the air and dragging it along by its tail. After 1 hour, the cat leaves the mouse to die on the floor. This would be considered ____________ behavior.

immoral

amoral

non-moral

moral

Question 4          “Human beings should always act in the interests of others.” This statement is considered to be

descriptive

prescriptive

analytic

metaethical

Question 5          Who said that morality was bound up with the function of a human being?

Sophocles

Jacques Thiroux

Your instructor

Aristotle

 Question 6         The most important moral issues arise for most ethicists when human beings come together in

harmony

religion

social groups

matrimony

Question 7          If human beings are the source of value, then morality is

supernatural

natural

objective

subjective

Question 8          In general, philosophers demand that beliefs, propositions, and ideas be examined

according to tradition

without evaluation

with the Bible in hand

critically

Question 9          Moral conflicts can be resolved through

religion

tradition

social acceptability

rational compromise

Question 10        Why should humans be moral?

Self-interest

Law

Tradition

Common human needs

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 2 Quiz   

Question 1          Consequentialists believe that the central part of moral action is the

self

virtues

other

consequences

Question 2          If you are a psychological egoist you believe ____________________.

that people should help others

that people ought to help animals

that people always or often do help themselves

that people should or ought to help themselves

Question 3          One of the main difficulties of consequentialist theories is that ____________________.

they are based solely on our duties at the time

it is very difficult to discover and determine all possible consequences

they emphasize the person or character at the expense of action

they are based exclusively on our selfish interests

Question 4          What is an important difference between utilitarianism and ethical egoism?

There is none, since “utilitarianism” and “ethical egoism” are different names for the same theory.

Utilitarianism says we should consider everyone's interests, whereas ethical egoism says people should act in their own self-interest.

Utilitarianism concerns how people should act, while ethical egoism concerns how people do act.

 

Utilitarianism is a consequentialist theory, and ethical egoism isn't.

Question 5          Which of the following is a well-known ethical egoist?

Jeremy Bentham

Ayn Rand

Brian Medlin

John Stuart Mill

Question 6          Who believes that reasoning in moral matters is usually used to confirm our more direct sense of right and wrong?

Deontologists

Care theorists

Intuitionists

Psychologists

Question 7          Which of the following are examples of non-consequentialist ethical theories?

Intuitionism

Divine command

Deontological ethics

Prima facie ethics

All of the above

Question 8          What is a presumed strength of divine command theory?

There is a standard above human reasoning.

There is no rational foundation.

Even if the rules are morally valid, there is no justification procedure for them.

There is far too much divergence among religious people to make a determination of the rules with any confidence.

Question 9          According to Kant, the only thing that is good without qualification is ________.

good results

good rules upon which to act

good will

good consequences

 

Question 10        Which of the following is strength of nonconsequentialist approaches?

Rules are grounded in something other than consequences and/or cost-benefit analysis

Ignores consequences

There is division over which rules have precedence over others

Apparently shuts down moral discussion

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 3 Quiz   

Question 1Paternalism means

doctor knows best

patients know best

nurses know best.

parents know best

Question 2What action demonstrates paternalism?

A patient decides their own treatment.

A patient collaborates with the doctor on treatment.

A doctor decides on the patient’s treatment.

A nurse decides on the patient’s treatment.

Question 3          Paternalism is based on which idea?

Doctors are best suited to make important health decisions.

Patients are best suited to make their own decisions about health.

All health decisions should be made with doctors and patients working together.

Patients have the most at stake and must be in control of their health.

Question 4          Radical individualism means____.

Doctors have absolute say in health matters.

Patients do not need to consult with physicians.

Patients have absolute rights over their own bodies.

All patients are individuals.

Question 5          Informed consent means

Patients have the power to reject or accept any health treatment.

Doctors have the ability to reject any patient demands.

Patients should always be consulted before treatments begin.

Patients have the right to be informed of proposed treatments and must grant consent.

Question 6          What is the main point of the reciprocal view of health care?

Patients, healthcare professionals, and family members must work together.

Healthcare professionals decide what is best for patients based on their expertise.

Patients are in total control and healthcare professionals must do as they are told.

Healthcare professionals only give advice to patients on possible treatments.

Question 7          Which ethical principle is the foundation for informed consent?

Patients have a right to reject treatments.

Patients do not always have to grant permission.

Doctors have an obligation to be informed of treatments.

Patients are not experts on their health.

Question 8          A doctor telling a patient the “bad news” even though it may hinder recovery is an example of what?

Truth telling

Informed consent

Patient autonomy

Medical malpractice

Question 9          Which would be a reason for patient confidentiality?

What a patient goes through does not concern others.

Patients have a right to keep their health private.

Doctors are not in a position to disclose information to others.

The public has no interest in the health of patients.

Question 10        Sexually transmitted diseases do not have to be reported by law.

                True

                False

HU245 Ethics

Unit 4 Quiz   

Question 1Direct action to terminate a patient’s life requested by the patient is called by the author _______________.

allowing someone to die

mercy death

mercy killing

suicide

Question 2          Technology has created problems with the medical definition of death. This is known as __________.

brain death

persistent vegetative state

irreversible coma

coma

Question 3          Most arguments for allowing someone to die are based on the principle of _________.

justice

goodness

individual freedom

life

Question 4          Which US state was the first to have a law allowing "assisted suicide"?

California

Michigan

Florida

Oregon

Question 5          One of the strongest arguments against mercy death is _________.

abuse

God’s will

Selfishness

economics

Question 6          The approach to dying that emphasizes “comfort and care” is known as __________.

mercy death

mercy killing

the "Kevorkian" approach

hospice

Question 7          Euthanasia comes from the Greek and means “a bad death.”

                True

                False

Question 8          There is no law prohibiting euthanasia in the US.

True

                False

Question 9          Health care professionals sometimes receive requests from patients for assisted suicide.

                True

                False

Question 10        Hospice care is available only to those with "advanced directives".

                True

                False

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 5 Quiz   

Question 1          Distributive justice is concerned with ____.

Giving people what is good and bad equally.

Giving people what is good and bad based on what they deserve.

Giving people what is good and bad based on past history.

Giving people what is good and bad based on what benefits society the most.

Question 2          Retributive justice is concerned with ____.

Giving people what is good and bad equally.

Giving people what is good and bad based on what they deserve.

Giving people what is good and bad based on past history.

Giving people what is good and bad based on what benefits society the most.

Question 3  Retribution theory is also known as ____.

Results theory

Compensation theory

Utilitarian theory

Deserts theory

Question 4          Utilitarian theory is also known as ____.

Results theory

Compensation theory

Deserts theory

Virtue theory

Question 5          Restitution theory is also known as____.

Results theory

Compensation theory

Utilitarian theory

Deserts theory

Question 6          Results theory argues that ____.

People should be compensated for wrongs done to them.

People should be given what they deserve regardless of consequences.

People should be given what will benefit society as a whole.

People should be given what is in their own best interest.

Question 7          A worker finds out that their coworker is paid more money for the same work and is upset. What type of justice is this an example of?

Retributive justice

Distributive justice

Restitution justice

Comparative justice

Question 8          Someone who argues that ending capital punishment would help society is arguing what type of justice theory?

Results theory

Compensation theory

Deserts theory

Virtue theory

Question 9          Someone who argues that everyone should have the same income because that is fair is addressing what type of justice?

Distributive justice

Retributive justice.

Comparative justice.

Restitution justice.

Question 10        Someone who argues that people who earn less should pay a lower rate of income is using what criteria for reward?

According to equal distribution

According to people’s abilities

According to what people merit

According to what people need

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 6 Quiz   

Question 1          One good argument that attempts to justify killing in defense of the innocent says that _________________________________________________.

the good of defending the innocent outweighs the bad of killing a person threatening to kill innocents

the good of killing a person threatening innocents is at least equal to any bad

God works in mysterious ways and humans do not understand His morality

we must defend the innocent to the point of killing those who threaten them because it is justice

Question 2          The "eye for an eye" view of capital punishment is known as the revenge argument.

                True

                False

Question 3          The most morally significant argument for war is ______________.

overpopulation

economic gain

technological development

a "Necessary evil"

Question 4          In the Platonic dialogue __________, Socrates famously discussed the decision to drink the poison hemlock.

The Republica

The Georgias

The Crito

The Sophist

Question 5          Capital punishment can be justified as a deterrent is a view held by ________________.

Retributivists

Restitutionists

Pacifists

Utilitarians

Question 6  The main argument against the morality of capital punishment is that __________________.

it is cruel and inhumane

we have no right to take life, only God has this right

it is a violation of the Value of Life principle

it offers no chance for rehabilitation

Question 7          The main argument against war is that it is a massive violation of the principle of _________.

freedom

justice

goodness

life

Question 8          Terrorism can be defined as ________________________________________.

war against civilians to undermine their leaders, government, and policies

politics by other means

an attempt by the "third world" to express anger at the "first world."

war against non-religious civilians by religious groups

Question 9          Suicide is a selfish act that doesn't adequately take into account the interests of the grief- stricken family and friends who are left behind. This reasoning forms the basis of which argument against the morality of suicide?

The irrationality argument

The domino argument

The religions argument

The justice argument

Question 10        Killing to defend the innocent is accepted by all moral systems.

                True

                False

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 7 Quiz   

Question 1          Business ethics does not need ethical theory.

                True

                False

Question 2          Prejudice means literally “prejudgment” before having any experience of that which one judges.

                True

                False

Question 3          The moral approach to advertising is the ____________ approach.

anything goes free market

buyer beware

truthful

moderate

Question 4          The basis for arguments against sexual harassment is that _________________________.

all people deserve to be treated with respect

it is socially unacceptable

in the end it brings profits down

It creates the possibility of litigation

Question 5          What does the Enron episode show?

How useless a code of ethics is unless embedded in practices.

How greedy human beings can be.

How important ethics is.

All of the above

Question 6          Business ethics does not need philosophical theories.

                True

                False

Question 7          “Laissez-faire” literally means________.

dog-eat dog

let people do what they want

social welfare

obligation

Question 8If someone was taught by his parents that athletes are less intelligent than non-athletes, and continues to hold this belief when he reaches adulthood, his behavior is an example of ________________.

reverse discrimination

affirmative action

prejudice

discrimination

Question 9          According to the Federal Law, sexual harassment can only occur in the workplace.

                True

                False

Question 10Sexual harassment always involves a superior harassing a subordinate.

                True

                False

 

 

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 8 Quiz   

Question 1Lies of commission involve leaving out vital information.

                True

                False

Question 2Kant would argue that we cannot universalize stealing, cheating, lying and breaking promises.

                True

                False

Question 3          What philosopher believed that lying and cheating were always wrong?

John Stuart Mill

Jeremy Bentham

Augustine

Ross

Question 4          “I know lying is bad but I just felt like it.” Who might say such a thing?

Consequentialists

Hippies

Act utilitarians

Act nonconsequentialists

Question 5          A major argument in favor of lying is ________________________.

that companies would go out of business

that politicians would lose all credibility.

the defense of the innocent

relationships would collapse

Question 6          People ought to cheat because the world is “dog eat dog.” This is an example of __________.

deriving an ought from an is

moral honesty and truthfulness

male pseudo logic

what the world is like

Question 7          Breaking a promise is acceptable to me on those occasions when I stand to benefit. This is a(n) __________ argument.

Deontological

Utilitarian

Retributivist

Egoistic

Question 8          The moderate position on lying entails

telling lies as much as you can get away with.

never telling even a “little white one.”

trying to tell the truth as much as possible.

telling the truth when it suits.

Question 9          Kant would say that breaking a promise is never justified.

                True

                False

Question 10        Stealing is acceptable on some consequentialist arguments.

                True

                False

 

HU245 Ethics

Unit 9 Quiz   

Question 1Someone who has an anthropocentric view doesn’t care about animals.

                True

                False

Question 2          If someone adopts sentientism, which of the following will he eat?

Lettuce

Turkey

Tuna

None of these

Question 3          What is a vegetarian?

Someone who only eats vegetables.

Someone who only eats plants.

Someone who does not eat meat.

Someone who does not eat any animal products.

Question 4Speciesism is the belief that all species are equal.

                True

                False

Question 5          Sentientism is the view that only beings with bodies should be the subject of moral concern.

                True

                False

Question 6          The main argument for hunting is that people like it.

                True

                False

Question 7          A vegan is someone who does not eat _________.

meat

meat and fish

meat or any other animal products

Dairy

Question 8          Factory farming raises concerns for animals because it ______.

Reduces the cost of meat

Increases the amount of pollution

Requires more energy

Involves inhumane treatment

Question 9          Choose which argument supports the protection of endangered species.

An irreverence for a small segment of life affects one’s reverence for all life.

Nature always allows species to become extinct.

Animals do not care if one species becomes extinct.

If species are going extinct as a result of what we do that is part of nature.

Question 10The “evolution argument” supports the idea that human beings have dominion over nature.

                True

                False