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PUBH 713 Final Questions and Correct Answers/
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What branch of philosophy listed below studies concepts governing how a
human "ought" to act or behave in terms of "rights" and "wrongs"?
a. Metaphysics
b. Epistemology
c. Ethics
d. Politics
e. Esthetics
Ans: C
What term listed below encompasses the qualities individuals hope to acquire in
life based on inner judgments that determine how people ought to or not behave?
a. Judgments
b. Norms
c. Virtues
d. Values
e. Codes
Ans: D
Which ethical theory identified below focuses on the individual duties based on
codes or rules derived from religious or secular teachings or beliefs?
a. Deontological Ethics
b. Metaethics
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c. Teleological Ethics
d. Normative Ethics
e. Nonconsequentialism
Ans: A
Which ethical theoretical model listed below explains and justifies ethical values
by reference to some final purpose or good?
a. Deontological Ethics
b. Metaethics
c. Teleological Ethics
d. Normative Ethics
e. Nonconsequentialism
Ans: C
What ethical approach below incorporates teleological ethical theory to focus on
the option that yields the greatest ratio of benefits to harm?
a. Common Good Approach
b. Virtue Approach
c. Utilitarian Approach
d. Justice Approach
e. Rights Approach
Ans: C
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What ethical approach listed below focuses on how fairly or unfairly actions
distribute benefits and burdens among the members of a group?
a. Common Good Approach
b. Virtue Approach
c. Utilitarian Approach
d. Justice Approach
e. Rights Approach
Ans: D
What ethical approach listed below focuses on attitudes, dispositions, or
character traits that contribute to human development to the greatest possible
extent or degree?
a. Common Good Approach
b. Virtue Approach
c. Utilitarian Approach
d. Justice Approach
e. Rights Approach
Ans: B
Which mental mechanisms below may lead individuals who fail to rationally
deliberate their ethical decisions into ethical traps?
a. Necessity
b. Rationalization
c. Justification
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d. Both a. and c. are correct choices.
e. All the above are correct choices.
Ans: E
What document provided below serves as the supreme law of the land for the
United States?
a. U.S. Constitution
b. Declaration of Independence
c. Articles of Confederation
d. Federal Register
e. Magna Carta
Ans: A
Which form of government provided below was established in America after it
adopted its U.S. Constitution?
a. Communism
b. Socialism
c. Monarchy
d. Federalism
e. Confederalism
Ans: D
What family of law listed below serves as the form of law practiced in the U.S.
legal system?
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PUBH 713 Final Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
What branch of philosophy listed below studies concepts governing how a
human "ought" to act or behave in terms of "rights" and "wrongs"?
a. Metaphysics
b. Epistemology
c. Ethics
d. Politics
e. Esthetics
Ans: C
What term listed below encompasses the qualities individuals hope to acquire in
life based on inner judgments that determine how people ought to or not behave?
a. Judgments
b. Norms
c. Virtues
d. Values
e. Codes
Ans: D
Which ethical theory identified below focuses on the individual duties based on
codes or rules derived from religious or secular teachings or beliefs?
a. Deontological Ethics
b. Metaethics
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c. Teleological Ethics
d. Normative Ethics
e. Nonconsequentialism
Ans: A
Which ethical theoretical model listed below explains and justifies ethical values
by reference to some final purpose or good?
a. Deontological Ethics
b. Metaethics
c. Teleological Ethics
d. Normative Ethics
e. Nonconsequentialism
Ans: C
What ethical approach below incorporates teleological ethical theory to focus on
the option that yields the greatest ratio of benefits to harm?
a. Common Good Approach
b. Virtue Approach
c. Utilitarian Approach
d. Justice Approach
e. Rights Approach
Ans: C
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What ethical approach listed below focuses on how fairly or unfairly actions
distribute benefits and burdens among the members of a group?
a. Common Good Approach
b. Virtue Approach
c. Utilitarian Approach
d. Justice Approach
e. Rights Approach
Ans: D
What ethical approach listed below focuses on attitudes, dispositions, or
character traits that contribute to human development to the greatest possible
extent or degree?
a. Common Good Approach
b. Virtue Approach
c. Utilitarian Approach
d. Justice Approach
e. Rights Approach
Ans: B
Which mental mechanisms below may lead individuals who fail to rationally
deliberate their ethical decisions into ethical traps?
a. Necessity
b. Rationalization
c. Justification
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d. Both a. and c. are correct choices.
e. All the above are correct choices.
Ans: E
What document provided below serves as the supreme law of the land for the
United States?
a. U.S. Constitution
b. Declaration of Independence
c. Articles of Confederation
d. Federal Register
e. Magna Carta
Ans: A
Which form of government provided below was established in America after it
adopted its U.S. Constitution?
a. Communism
b. Socialism
c. Monarchy
d. Federalism
e. Confederalism
Ans: D
What family of law listed below serves as the form of law practiced in the U.S.
legal system?
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