ETHICS FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ According to utilitarian reasoning, abortion is morally unjustified if it
will lead to more unhappiness than happiness. Answer: T
⩥ According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, there is a
fundamental right to privacy. Answer: T
⩥ The ratio of boys to girls in some sections of China today is Answer:
120:100
⩥ Sex-selective abortion is legal in Answer: US
⩥ According to statistics from the Guttmacher Institute, cited in your
text, the women least likely to have abortions are Answer: White
⩥ People who argue that abortions are wrong because they lead to a lack
of adoptable babies are basing their argument on Answer: Utilitarian
concerns
, ⩥ Your text distinguishes "Method II" approaches to questions about the
moral status of a fetus as focused on determining what it is that gives
human beings moral status. Answer: T
⩥ Your text distinguishes "Method I" approaches to questions about the
moral status of a fetus as focused on determining the stage of
development at which a fetus should count as a person Answer: T
⩥ The Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling on abortion asserts that a
woman should always have a right to abortion if she so chooses.
Answer: F
⩥ Comprehensive sex education for teens in the United States seems to
have led to Answer: a reduction in teen pregnancy
⩥ Kant's categorical imperative would support all of these ideas about
how we ought to behave in a sexual relationship, other than: Answer:
Traditions about sexual morality should be followed by both partners.
⩥ All moral theories will pose moral questions about sexual morality in
the same way. Answer: F
⩥ Given the nature of morality as a function of benefits and harms and
of treating persons with respect and disrespect, still sex is too personal to
be a moral matter. Answer: F
QUESTIONS AND SOLUTIONS 2026
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+
⩥ According to utilitarian reasoning, abortion is morally unjustified if it
will lead to more unhappiness than happiness. Answer: T
⩥ According to the Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling, there is a
fundamental right to privacy. Answer: T
⩥ The ratio of boys to girls in some sections of China today is Answer:
120:100
⩥ Sex-selective abortion is legal in Answer: US
⩥ According to statistics from the Guttmacher Institute, cited in your
text, the women least likely to have abortions are Answer: White
⩥ People who argue that abortions are wrong because they lead to a lack
of adoptable babies are basing their argument on Answer: Utilitarian
concerns
, ⩥ Your text distinguishes "Method II" approaches to questions about the
moral status of a fetus as focused on determining what it is that gives
human beings moral status. Answer: T
⩥ Your text distinguishes "Method I" approaches to questions about the
moral status of a fetus as focused on determining the stage of
development at which a fetus should count as a person Answer: T
⩥ The Roe v. Wade 1971 Supreme Court ruling on abortion asserts that a
woman should always have a right to abortion if she so chooses.
Answer: F
⩥ Comprehensive sex education for teens in the United States seems to
have led to Answer: a reduction in teen pregnancy
⩥ Kant's categorical imperative would support all of these ideas about
how we ought to behave in a sexual relationship, other than: Answer:
Traditions about sexual morality should be followed by both partners.
⩥ All moral theories will pose moral questions about sexual morality in
the same way. Answer: F
⩥ Given the nature of morality as a function of benefits and harms and
of treating persons with respect and disrespect, still sex is too personal to
be a moral matter. Answer: F
