1. What is the name given to philosophers who attempt to use only one ethical approach to ethical questions?
2. Business ethics is typically which of the following: Special effects, casuistry, mataethics
3. Which of the following was a common objection to utilitarianism during John Stuart Mill’s era?
a. Utilitarianism proposes to use the Koran, rather than the Bible, as the basis for good.
b. Utilitarianism argues that utility commands what God would command.
c. Utilitarianism argues that the commands of God are wholly irrelevant.
d. Utilitarianism proposes utility as the basis for good rather than God or the Bible.
4. Which of the following is NOT a step to be taken in a utilitarian analysis?
a. Identify all those who are directly and indirectly affected by the action.
b. Specify only the good consequences of the action for those directly affected.
c. Carry out a similar analysis, if necessary, for those indirectly affected, as well as for society as a whole.
5. A Kantian ethical approach applies to which sort of general ethical approach?
a. deontological
c. teleological
d. theological
6. The ethical approach which maintains that what has intrinsic value is not pleasure, but happiness, is called:
a. hedonistic utilitarianism
c. eudaimonistic utilitarianism
d. All of these
7. The ethical approach that maintains that what has to be calculated is not pleasure or happiness, but all intrinsically valuable human goods, which include friendship, knowledge, and a host of other goods valuable in themselves, is called:
a. hedonistic utilitarianism
b. ideal utilitarianism
c. eudaimonistic utilitarianism
8. According to Lawrence Kohlberg, what is the second level of moral development?
a. preconventional
b. conventional
c. autonomous
9. Which of the following common business practices is roughly analogous to the utility calculus?
a. system analysis
b. marketing research
c. public relations
d. cost-benefit analysis