Strayer BUS 309

The following is a logical fact.

All sound arguments are valid arguments.

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

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

In 1972 Congress created one of the most important agencies for regulating product safety. This agency is the

Consumer Product Safety Commission

How did Aristotle view morality?

It's necessary for us to try to be virtuous or excellent human beings.

What criteria concerning moral judgments should we agree with?

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

Which of the following is an example of price gouging?

New York hotels that doubled or tripled their prices in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks

Which statement is accurate in its description of consumer protection?

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has the power to order recalls.

Which statement is true from an ethical perspective?

The argument for strict liability is basically utilitarian.

Legal Paternalism

The law may justifiably be used to restrict the freedom of individuals for their own good.

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.

According to the legal doctrine of strict product liability,

a manufacturer need not be negligent to be held liable for a defective product.

Critics of advertising generally agree that

advertising rarely gives consumers much useful information.

Terms like "can be," "as much as," and "help," are examples of

ambiguity.

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.

Morality and self-interest

can sometimes conflict.

For years Bayer aspirin advertised that it contained "the ingredient doctors recommend most." This is an example of

concealed facts

Which of the following is not one of the four basic kinds of law?

contractual law

Ethical relativism supports the theory that

different societies have different ideas about right and wrong.

Harvard business professor Theodore Levitt has

drawn an analogy between advertising and art

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

etiquette refers to a special code of social behavior or courtesy

The famous experiments by social psychologist Solomon Asch show

even temporary groups can pressure people to conform.

"Puffery" is an example of which of the following deceptive or misleading advertising techniques?

exaggeration

People generally speak of two kinds of warranties. What are these two kinds of warranties?

express and implied c. limited and unlimited

Accepting a moral principle

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

If an argument is valid, then

its conclusion must be true, if its premises are.

Caveat emptor means

let the buyer beware

Every year ___________ of Americans require medical treatment from product related accidents.

millions

Statistically, there is strong evidence that exposure to television advertising is strongly associated with

obesity in children under twelve.

According to Galbraith's "dependence effect,"

producers use advertising to shape consumer wants.

The divine command theory implies that

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

Advertising

subsidizes the media

Before the case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Car in 1916, the law based a manufacturer's liability for injuries due to a defective product on

the direct contractual relationship between the producer and the consumer

Due care is

the idea that consumers and sellers do not meet as equals and that consumer's interests are particularly vulnerable to being harmed by the manufacturer.

The consumer's main source of product information is

the label and package.

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.

The case of FTC v. Standard Education was important in the legal transition

toward something like the ignorant consumer standard.

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.