What is the moral ideal of compassion a acts of unmerited


1. The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be always prohibited reflects what type of ethics?

  • 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

2. What is the moral ideal of compassion?

  • Acts of unmerited kindness
  • Sentiment in response to the suffering of others
  • Acknowledging the sufferings of others
  • Acts of altruism
  • Acts contrary to Objectivism

3. One of the common errors in Ethics is that of the double standard. Double standard consists of what?

  • Discriminating in the application of ethical criteria based on our own preferences
  • Setting aside ethical criteria in special cases
  • Taking steps to avoid condemnation of others
  • Using one set of criteria for judging cases concerning ourselves and another for all others
  • Suspending judgment when concerned that the consequences would be too severe

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