1.The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be allowed simply at the patient's direction reflects what type of ethics?
- Hobbes' State of Nature
- Rand's Objectivism
- Aristotle's concept of Virtue
- Thomas Aquinas' concept of conscience
- Socrates' concept of excellence
2. What is the moral ideal of temperance?
- Exercising control over one's own desires and inclinations
- Keeping one's temper under control
- Minimizing the impact of one's decisions
- Seeking the good of others before one's own
- Overcoming one's passions
3. One of the common errors in Ethics is that of the hasty conclusions. Hasty conclusions consist of what?
- 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
4. (TCO 2) Prescriptive language is commonly used in ethics for what reason?
- To indicate what is prohibited or impossible
- To indicate that one choice is better than others
- To show what actions are legal
- To convey requirements and obligations
- To indicate that there are really no choices available
5. Ethical Egoism proposes that all decisions should be made to promote what?
- Our fiduciary responsibilities
- The good will of others
- Our self-interests
- The welfare of the community
- Stronger relationships
6.Free people are motivated toward forming social structures according to a social contract in order to overcome what problem identified by Thomas Hobbes?
- 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
7. Agricultural biofuels are not properly a renewable source of energy in the environmental ethics debate. Which of the following also is not a renewable source of energy?
- Windmill turbines
- Hydroelectric power
- Tidal flow generators
- Biomass waste systems
- Solar cells
8. The notion that the only thing good without qualification is a good will is attributed to whom?
- St. Thomas Aquinas
- Socrates
- John Locke
- Immanuel Kant
- Oliver Cromwell
9.Which ethical concept is organized and directed toward following the greatest happiness principle?
- Natural ethics and law
- Justice and mercy
- Rights and responsibilities
- Virtue-ethics of excellence
- Principle of utility
10. Syllogisms in formal deductive logic are called "valid" when:
- the correct form of the syllogism style is used.
- the premise statements are true.
- the syllogism is first determined to be "sound."
- the verbs are written in present tense.
- the conclusion proceeds from the premises.
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?
- Incoherent
- Complicated
- Illogical
- Painful
- Cruel
12. What is the role of conscience as Thomas Aquinas sees it?
- 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
13.The rule or principle to be applied in making decisions is an example of which kind of ethical discovery process?
- Principle of utility
- A posteriori rationality
- A priori rationality
- Empirical rationality
- Scientific method
14. The Social Contract theorist whose troubled childhood was most clearly reflected in his theories was who?
- Thomas Aquinas
- Thomas Jefferson
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- Thomas Hobbes
- John Locke
15.Kant's concern that people choose to observe universal laws as their duty is expressed through what actions?
- Their habits
- Their maxims
- Their desires
- Their loves
- Their loyalties
16.Aristotle's Ethics of Virtue have found modern application for business and industry through what practice?
- Resolution models applications
- Goals and objectives
- Core values of organizations
- Business models
- Professional codes of discipline
17. Professional codes of conduct serve what function for business and industry?
- Allow businesses to avoid training professional staffers
- Enable transfer of valued employees across state lines
- Enable contracting of temporary employees
- Specify continuing education needs and requirements
- Providing assurance of the professional qualifications of members
18.Aristotle's Ethical Doctrine of the Mean measured personal virtues on a scale that included the virtue itself, the excess of it, and the deficiency of it.
If the virtue is COURAGE and the deficiency is COWARDICE, what is the excess?
- Wisdom
- Moderation
- There is no excess
- Recklessness
- Love
19. In personal or organizational conflict, what benefits accrue to all parties when a leader or consultant employees one of the ethical conflict resolution models of Week 6?
- Objectives of what winning the conflict means get refined and better understood
- Conflict management gets slowed down and settled.
- Conflict can be handled in a sequential, step-by-step manner
- Parties can be reconciled without solving the issues
- Personal relationships can be separated from issues
20.The Latin term a priori describes the origin of knowledge developed rationally, and the term a posteriori describes knowledge developed through observation and experience. What is an example of ethics is best described as discovered in an a postiori manner?
- Social ethics
- Care-based ethics
- Consequentialist ethics
- Theological ethics
- Operational ethics