Ethics Quiz #!

"Etiquette" designates a special realm of morality.

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An argument is valid only if all its premises are true.

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An individual does not have to follow the code of one's profession.

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Enron executives acted wrongly simply because they broke the law.

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If your conduct is legal, it will also be moral.

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Organizational norms always and inevitably lead to groupthink.

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Rules of etiquette are always moral rules

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The paradox of hedonism (or the paradox of selfishness) is that people who are exclusively concerned with their own interests tend to have happier and more satisfying lives than those who are concerned about other people.

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Which statement is true concerning moral principles and self interests?

Morality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live together.

The benefits within moral standards are best seen in which statement?

Professional codes are the rules that are supposed to govern the conduct of members of a given profession.

According to divine command theory, if something is wrong, then the only reason it is wrong is that God commands us not to do it.

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An argument is a group of statements, one of which is claimed to follow from the others.

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An organization is a group of people working together to achieve a common purpose.

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Business ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong, or good and bad, human conduct in a business context.

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Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.

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Ethical relativism is the theory that what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right.

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For philosophers, the important question is not how we come to have the particular moral principles we have, but whether we can justify them.

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Moral standards concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare.

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Most people don't distinguish between a person's "morals" and his or her "ethics."

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One of the major characteristics of an organization is the shared acceptance of organizational rules by its members.

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Our conscience evolved as we internalized the moral instructions of the parents or other authority figures who raised us as children.

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Our relationship with the law is best described by which of the following?

To a significant extent, law codifies a society's customs, norms, and moral values.

The authors use the murder of Kitty Genovese to illustrate

bystander apathy.

If an argument is valid, then

its conclusion must be true, if its premises are.

A tangible truth about having moral principles is

if you do the right thing only because you think it will pay off, you're not really motivated by moral concerns

Which philosopher referred to a bureaucracy as "rule by nobody"?

Hannah Arendt

Morality and self-interest

can sometimes conflict

For philosophers, the most important issue is not where our moral principles came from, but:

whether those moral principles can be justified

Accepting a moral principle

. generally involves a desire to follow that principle for its own sake.

Choose the statement that is a true reflection of moral beliefs.

Bystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.

Which philosopher referred to a bureaucracy as "a circle from which no one can escape" ?

Karl Marx

Moral attitudes are best depicted by which of the following?

Moral standards typically concern behavior that can be of serious consequence to human welfare

According to divine command theory, if stealing is wrong then it is wrong because:

Stealing is wrong only because God commands us not to steal.

According to Tom Regan, our considered moral beliefs are those we hold only after we have made a conscientious effort (a) to attain maximum conceptual clarity, (b) to acquire all relevant information, (c) to think about the belief and its implications rationally, (d) impartially, and with the benefit of reflection, (e) coolly.

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Proper logic states

all sound arguments are valid arguments.

Good moral judgments should be logical and

based on facts and acceptable moral principles.

The code or principles of conduct that a person accepts

can be distinguished from the person's morality in a broader sense that includes his or her values, ideals, and aspirations

Choose the statement that gives the most accurate description of etiquette:

etiquette refers to any special code of social behavior or courtesy

The famous experiments by social psychologist Solomon Asch show

even temporary groups can pressure people to conform.

Which of the following characteristics distinguishes moral standards from other sorts of standards?

moral standards take priority over other standards, including self-interest

When religion and morality are considered:

the moral instructions of the world's great religions are often general and imprecise.

Philosophical discussion of moral issues typically involves

the revision and modification of arguments.

When ethical relativism is put into practice, it implies that

we cannot say that slavery is wrong if the society in question believes it is right.

The example of Huckleberry Finn shows

we shouldn't rely uncritically on what our conscience says.

Ethical relativism supports the theory that:

what is right is determined by what a culture or society says is right.