ETHICS IN AMERICA DSST EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Beneficience - correct answer The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience - correct answer The duty to not harm others. This includes acts committed
or omitted. One example would be if a doctor forgot to give a patient the correct care.
That they are self-evident. He called them prima facie duties. - correct answer What did WD
Ross believe about certain basic moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties - correct answer They may not be self-evident to those who
are intellectually immature or those who haven't thought about it enough.
Double-effect principle - correct answer From Thomas Aquinas, and is used to describe
situations where harm is induced to cause good. It is controversial, especially among
utilitarians.
We should help others in danger - correct answer If there is little risk and even if it is not in our
self-interest.
Joel Feinberg - correct answer He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, which used 4
principles to determine legitimacy of government intervention in individual freedom.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law - correct answer 1. The Harm Principle (originally from
John Stuart Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
Paternalism - correct answer Having a person or the government do what they think is best for
you, even if it goes against your wishes. Feinberg rejected this hard, where competent adults
would have their liberty restricted to prevent them from harming themselves.
Offense Principle - correct answer Governments are allowed to prohibit conduct that seriously
offends others.
Legal Moralism - correct answer It allows the prohibition of immoral behavior, even if nobody
is harmed or offended. One example would be a community banning homosexual acts.
Legal Pluralism - correct answer Is the existence of multiple legal systems within one (human)
population and/or geographic area.
Moral pluralism - correct answer Is the assumption there are moral truths, but that they do not
form a body of coherent and consistent truths as those found in the sciences or mathematic
approach.
, ETHICS IN AMERICA DSST EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Through the virtue of an implied contract. This is common sense morality. - correct answer
Why should parents take care of their kids?
The state will intervene & the child no longer owes the parent a duty of obedience. - correct
answer What happens if the parent doesn't act in the best interests of the child?
That are close to us - correct answer We have a duty of special concern to those...?
Best interest principle - correct answer When educators, judges, and doctors deal with
children, they should follow this...
Beneficence, Non-maleficence, justice, and autonomy - correct answer According to the
medical profession, what are the 4 main guiding ethical principles derived from common
morality?
Informed consent - correct answer Doctors have to inform patients of medical risks/benefits
who then make an informed decision which signifies their..?
Health professionals - correct answer Owe their patients a duty of care..?
Issues business ethics describe - correct answer Corporate governance, accurate accounting
and audits, fair labor practices and environmental management.
Fair labor practices - correct answer Are essential to ensure that workers are provided with a
safe and humane working environment and compensated with a fair wage.
Environmental sustainability - correct answer Is development that meets the needs of the
present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
Economic reasons - correct answer Many business and political leaders oppose environmental
sustainability for...?
Unfair discrimination. - correct answer In hiring employees, companies should have clear-cut
hiring policies that prohibit any form of...
US Patriot Act - correct answer Enacted in 2001, was designed to considerably increase the
surveillance and investigative powers of local law enforcement agencies, but it has been argued
that since it was hastily introduced, it lacks the normal checks and balances that safeguard civil
liberties.
Cruel justice - correct answer A punishment that doesn't fit the crime would be an example of..
Save lives or prevent considerable injury. - correct answer Lawyers normally have a strict duty
of confidentiality to clients but this duty can be breached where the lawyer believes that the
information revealed will...
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Beneficience - correct answer The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience - correct answer The duty to not harm others. This includes acts committed
or omitted. One example would be if a doctor forgot to give a patient the correct care.
That they are self-evident. He called them prima facie duties. - correct answer What did WD
Ross believe about certain basic moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties - correct answer They may not be self-evident to those who
are intellectually immature or those who haven't thought about it enough.
Double-effect principle - correct answer From Thomas Aquinas, and is used to describe
situations where harm is induced to cause good. It is controversial, especially among
utilitarians.
We should help others in danger - correct answer If there is little risk and even if it is not in our
self-interest.
Joel Feinberg - correct answer He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, which used 4
principles to determine legitimacy of government intervention in individual freedom.
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law - correct answer 1. The Harm Principle (originally from
John Stuart Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
Paternalism - correct answer Having a person or the government do what they think is best for
you, even if it goes against your wishes. Feinberg rejected this hard, where competent adults
would have their liberty restricted to prevent them from harming themselves.
Offense Principle - correct answer Governments are allowed to prohibit conduct that seriously
offends others.
Legal Moralism - correct answer It allows the prohibition of immoral behavior, even if nobody
is harmed or offended. One example would be a community banning homosexual acts.
Legal Pluralism - correct answer Is the existence of multiple legal systems within one (human)
population and/or geographic area.
Moral pluralism - correct answer Is the assumption there are moral truths, but that they do not
form a body of coherent and consistent truths as those found in the sciences or mathematic
approach.
, ETHICS IN AMERICA DSST EXAM 2024-2025 ACTUAL EXAM 170 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED
ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY GRADED A+
Through the virtue of an implied contract. This is common sense morality. - correct answer
Why should parents take care of their kids?
The state will intervene & the child no longer owes the parent a duty of obedience. - correct
answer What happens if the parent doesn't act in the best interests of the child?
That are close to us - correct answer We have a duty of special concern to those...?
Best interest principle - correct answer When educators, judges, and doctors deal with
children, they should follow this...
Beneficence, Non-maleficence, justice, and autonomy - correct answer According to the
medical profession, what are the 4 main guiding ethical principles derived from common
morality?
Informed consent - correct answer Doctors have to inform patients of medical risks/benefits
who then make an informed decision which signifies their..?
Health professionals - correct answer Owe their patients a duty of care..?
Issues business ethics describe - correct answer Corporate governance, accurate accounting
and audits, fair labor practices and environmental management.
Fair labor practices - correct answer Are essential to ensure that workers are provided with a
safe and humane working environment and compensated with a fair wage.
Environmental sustainability - correct answer Is development that meets the needs of the
present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own
needs.
Economic reasons - correct answer Many business and political leaders oppose environmental
sustainability for...?
Unfair discrimination. - correct answer In hiring employees, companies should have clear-cut
hiring policies that prohibit any form of...
US Patriot Act - correct answer Enacted in 2001, was designed to considerably increase the
surveillance and investigative powers of local law enforcement agencies, but it has been argued
that since it was hastily introduced, it lacks the normal checks and balances that safeguard civil
liberties.
Cruel justice - correct answer A punishment that doesn't fit the crime would be an example of..
Save lives or prevent considerable injury. - correct answer Lawyers normally have a strict duty
of confidentiality to clients but this duty can be breached where the lawyer believes that the
information revealed will...
