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ETHICS IN AMERICA DSST EXAM 2025| COMPLETE
EXAM SET (questions and verified answers)frequently
most tested questions | already passed!!
Beneficience - (ANSWER)The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience - (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. - (ANSWER)What
did WD Ross believe about certain basic moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties - (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 - (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 - (ANSWER)If there is little risk and even if it is
not in our self-interest.
Joel Feinberg - (ANSWER)He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, which
used 4 principles to determine legitimacy of government intervention in
individual freedom.
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The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law - (ANSWER)1. The Harm Principle (originally
from John Stuart Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
Paternalism - (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 - (ANSWER)Governments are allowed to prohibit conduct that
seriously offends others.
Legal Moralism - (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 - (ANSWER)Is the existence of multiple legal systems within one
(human) population and/or geographic area.
Moral pluralism - (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.
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Through the virtue of an implied contract. This is common sense morality. -
(ANSWER)Why should parents take care of their kids?
The state will intervene & the child no longer owes the parent a duty of
obedience. - (ANSWER)What happens if the parent doesn't act in the best
interests of the child?
That are close to us - (ANSWER)We have a duty of special concern to those...?
Best interest principle - (ANSWER)When educators, judges, and doctors deal with
children, they should follow this...
Beneficence, Non-maleficence, justice, and autonomy - (ANSWER)According to
the medical profession, what are the 4 main guiding ethical principles derived
from common morality?
Informed consent - (ANSWER)Doctors have to inform patients of medical
risks/benefits who then make an informed decision which signifies their..?
Health professionals - (ANSWER)Owe their patients a duty of care..?
Issues business ethics describe - (ANSWER)Corporate governance, accurate
accounting and audits, fair labor practices and environmental management.
ETHICS IN AMERICA DSST EXAM 2025| COMPLETE
EXAM SET (questions and verified answers)frequently
most tested questions | already passed!!
Beneficience - (ANSWER)The duty to help others in need.
Non-maleficience - (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. - (ANSWER)What
did WD Ross believe about certain basic moral principles?
Problem with prima facie duties - (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 - (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 - (ANSWER)If there is little risk and even if it is
not in our self-interest.
Joel Feinberg - (ANSWER)He wrote The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law, which
used 4 principles to determine legitimacy of government intervention in
individual freedom.
, 2
The Moral Limits of the Criminal Law - (ANSWER)1. The Harm Principle (originally
from John Stuart Mill)
2. The Offence Principle
3. Paternalism
4. Legal Moralism
Paternalism - (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 - (ANSWER)Governments are allowed to prohibit conduct that
seriously offends others.
Legal Moralism - (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 - (ANSWER)Is the existence of multiple legal systems within one
(human) population and/or geographic area.
Moral pluralism - (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.
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Through the virtue of an implied contract. This is common sense morality. -
(ANSWER)Why should parents take care of their kids?
The state will intervene & the child no longer owes the parent a duty of
obedience. - (ANSWER)What happens if the parent doesn't act in the best
interests of the child?
That are close to us - (ANSWER)We have a duty of special concern to those...?
Best interest principle - (ANSWER)When educators, judges, and doctors deal with
children, they should follow this...
Beneficence, Non-maleficence, justice, and autonomy - (ANSWER)According to
the medical profession, what are the 4 main guiding ethical principles derived
from common morality?
Informed consent - (ANSWER)Doctors have to inform patients of medical
risks/benefits who then make an informed decision which signifies their..?
Health professionals - (ANSWER)Owe their patients a duty of care..?
Issues business ethics describe - (ANSWER)Corporate governance, accurate
accounting and audits, fair labor practices and environmental management.
