PHIL 482 - Exam 2
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1. (T/F) Subjective Risk depends on what one perceives about a technology or
situation: True
2. (T/F) The precautionary principle is the dominant way of approaching risk
in the US: False (Europe)
3. (T/F) Risk-benefit analysis is the dominant way of approaching risk in the
US: True
4. (T/F) That the subjective and objective risks of an activity sometimes differ
demonstrates that subjects are irrational or irrelevant: False
5. The likeliness that a negative event will actually happen is called _____
risk.: objective
6. (T/F) A fundamental problem with the risk-benefit analysis is that the prin-
ciple of maximizing benefit is based solely on human intuitions: False
7. (T/F) Although a human life has no precise monetary value, even a precau-
tionary analysis would consider it irrational to spend enormous amounts of
money to prevent a statistical death: True
8. (T/F) The principle of maximizing expected value holds that we must always
be willing to accept a risk if the benefits of doing so are large enough: True
9. Common objections to risk-benefit analysis: seems morally problematic to
assign monetary value to human life, numbers in quantitative analysis are often
uncertain
10. (T/F) Someone who subscribes to the precautionary principle believes that
safety and the avoidance of risk often outweigh the potential benefits that
taking a risk may offer: True
11. Allais' Pradox (Lottery): The principle of maximizing expected value some-
times calls for individuals to make counter intuitive decisions
12. Symptoms of groupthink: self-censoring contrary opinions, construing silence
as consent, holding an illusion of morality when it comes to group actions
13. Definition of groupthink: Situation in which groups to apparent agreement at
the expense of genuine and independent critical thinking
14. How was Robert Lund's behavior leading up to Challenger Disaster similar
to that of the "teachers" in Milgrim's experiment?: overly deferential to authority
15. (T/F) Groupthing was one of the factors that led to Colombia accident: True,
also normalizing deviance
16. Concern about impediments to moral responsibility is best considered
which kind of applied ethics?: Preventive ethics
17. 7 Impediments to moral responsibility: universal acceptance of authority,
groupthink, self deception, self interest, microscopic vision, fear of retribution, ig-
norance
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1. (T/F) Subjective Risk depends on what one perceives about a technology or
situation: True
2. (T/F) The precautionary principle is the dominant way of approaching risk
in the US: False (Europe)
3. (T/F) Risk-benefit analysis is the dominant way of approaching risk in the
US: True
4. (T/F) That the subjective and objective risks of an activity sometimes differ
demonstrates that subjects are irrational or irrelevant: False
5. The likeliness that a negative event will actually happen is called _____
risk.: objective
6. (T/F) A fundamental problem with the risk-benefit analysis is that the prin-
ciple of maximizing benefit is based solely on human intuitions: False
7. (T/F) Although a human life has no precise monetary value, even a precau-
tionary analysis would consider it irrational to spend enormous amounts of
money to prevent a statistical death: True
8. (T/F) The principle of maximizing expected value holds that we must always
be willing to accept a risk if the benefits of doing so are large enough: True
9. Common objections to risk-benefit analysis: seems morally problematic to
assign monetary value to human life, numbers in quantitative analysis are often
uncertain
10. (T/F) Someone who subscribes to the precautionary principle believes that
safety and the avoidance of risk often outweigh the potential benefits that
taking a risk may offer: True
11. Allais' Pradox (Lottery): The principle of maximizing expected value some-
times calls for individuals to make counter intuitive decisions
12. Symptoms of groupthink: self-censoring contrary opinions, construing silence
as consent, holding an illusion of morality when it comes to group actions
13. Definition of groupthink: Situation in which groups to apparent agreement at
the expense of genuine and independent critical thinking
14. How was Robert Lund's behavior leading up to Challenger Disaster similar
to that of the "teachers" in Milgrim's experiment?: overly deferential to authority
15. (T/F) Groupthing was one of the factors that led to Colombia accident: True,
also normalizing deviance
16. Concern about impediments to moral responsibility is best considered
which kind of applied ethics?: Preventive ethics
17. 7 Impediments to moral responsibility: universal acceptance of authority,
groupthink, self deception, self interest, microscopic vision, fear of retribution, ig-
norance
1/3
