PROFESSIONAL ETHICS EXAM 1 REVIEW
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
happiness vs suffering - CORRECT ANSWER-classical (hedonic)
utilitarianism
pleasure and absence of pain - CORRECT ANSWER-happiness
pain and absence of pleasure - CORRECT ANSWER-suffering
all people seek pleasure and avoid pain - CORRECT ANSWER-
psychological hedonism
all moral agents ought to seek pleasure and avoid pain - CORRECT
ANSWER-ethical hedonism
values that enhance the overall quality of a person's life
- joy, satisfaction, security - CORRECT ANSWER-positive values
values that detract from the overall quality of a person's life
, - pain, frustration, hunger - CORRECT ANSWER-negative values
facts pertaining to the positive and negative values realized as a
consequence of actions - CORRECT ANSWER-relevant facts
a) difficult to calculate utility in all moral situations
b) difficult to predict consequences on particular actions - CORRECT
ANSWER-impracticality
Identify the word that has normative meaning in the following statement:
"Senator jones acted in manner that endangered the welfare of the people,
and so he should be regarded as unfit to hold his office." - CORRECT
ANSWER-"unfit"
An action that is the failure to do something is called an act of
____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-omission
What factors must be considered when establishing reflective equilibrium
on a moral question? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethical Principles
Moral Intuitions
Factual Beliefs
What fallacy of moral reasoning is committed in the following argument:
"America has no responsibilities to the Third World -- doing so would not
help the US at all." - CORRECT ANSWER-moral prudentialism
2026 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
COMPREHENSIVE STUDY GUIDE AND
PRACTICE QUESTIONS
happiness vs suffering - CORRECT ANSWER-classical (hedonic)
utilitarianism
pleasure and absence of pain - CORRECT ANSWER-happiness
pain and absence of pleasure - CORRECT ANSWER-suffering
all people seek pleasure and avoid pain - CORRECT ANSWER-
psychological hedonism
all moral agents ought to seek pleasure and avoid pain - CORRECT
ANSWER-ethical hedonism
values that enhance the overall quality of a person's life
- joy, satisfaction, security - CORRECT ANSWER-positive values
values that detract from the overall quality of a person's life
, - pain, frustration, hunger - CORRECT ANSWER-negative values
facts pertaining to the positive and negative values realized as a
consequence of actions - CORRECT ANSWER-relevant facts
a) difficult to calculate utility in all moral situations
b) difficult to predict consequences on particular actions - CORRECT
ANSWER-impracticality
Identify the word that has normative meaning in the following statement:
"Senator jones acted in manner that endangered the welfare of the people,
and so he should be regarded as unfit to hold his office." - CORRECT
ANSWER-"unfit"
An action that is the failure to do something is called an act of
____________. - CORRECT ANSWER-omission
What factors must be considered when establishing reflective equilibrium
on a moral question? - CORRECT ANSWER-Ethical Principles
Moral Intuitions
Factual Beliefs
What fallacy of moral reasoning is committed in the following argument:
"America has no responsibilities to the Third World -- doing so would not
help the US at all." - CORRECT ANSWER-moral prudentialism
