NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM COMPLETE
TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SOLVED
ACCURATE FALL-SPRING WITH
DETAILED RATIONALES GRADED A+
Which of the following is the Principle of Utility?
A. Seek the greatest good for the greatest number
B. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
C. Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will it should be a universal
law
D. So act as to treat humanity in thine own person or in any other, in every case as an end
withal and never as a means
A+ 1
, NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
Seek the greatest good for the greatest number
Properly speaking, Act Utilitarianism is Situation Ethics.
A. True
B. False
True
John Stuart Mill thinks it is better to be a satisfied pig than an unhappy dissatisfied human.
A. True
B. False
False
What was the point of the examples of the McDuffie case and the scapegoating sheriff
A. The end justifies the means.
B. Justice and utility can conflict.
C. Conscience and integrity are bad because they can lead to riots
A+ 2
, NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
Justice and utility can conflict.
What was the point of the examples of Jim in the jungle, George the biochemist, and the
made-up story about Martin Luther King.
A. The end justifies the means.
B. Being a utilitarian may not make you happy.
C. Utilitarianism fails to account for our sense of integrity and how we view our own actions.
D. Contrary to what most people think, it's not a good idea to be a strongly principled person.
Utilitarianism fails to account for our sense of integrity and how we view our own actions.
In the example, given in class, of the nurse who led an elderly woman to believe that she was
present at the moment of her husband's death, which Utilitarian strategy is least likely to
approve of what the nurse did?
A. Act Utilitarianism
B. Rule Utilitarianism
C. Both would disapprove, Utilitarians would never tell a lie.
Rule Utilitarianism
A+ 3
, NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
According to Walters in "Reproductive Technologies and Genetics," background assumptions
concerning artificiality and sexuality are
A. Very important to determining attitudes toward reproductive technologies
B. Not important in determining attitudes toward reproductive technologies
Very important to determining attitudes toward reproductive technologies
Which view would most likely argue that test tube babies are not a human means of
reproduction?
A. Do nothing artificial view
B. The more the better view
C. Some but not all artificiality is justified view
Do nothing artificial view
Which view would most likely argue that test tube babies are a more human means of
reproduction precisely because it involves technology, artificiality and rational choice?
A. Do nothing artificial view
B. The more the better view
C. Some but not all artificiality is justified view
The more the better view
A+ 4
MID TERM EXAM
NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM COMPLETE
TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+ SOLVED
ACCURATE FALL-SPRING WITH
DETAILED RATIONALES GRADED A+
Which of the following is the Principle of Utility?
A. Seek the greatest good for the greatest number
B. Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
C. Act only on that maxim whereby thou canst at the same time will it should be a universal
law
D. So act as to treat humanity in thine own person or in any other, in every case as an end
withal and never as a means
A+ 1
, NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
Seek the greatest good for the greatest number
Properly speaking, Act Utilitarianism is Situation Ethics.
A. True
B. False
True
John Stuart Mill thinks it is better to be a satisfied pig than an unhappy dissatisfied human.
A. True
B. False
False
What was the point of the examples of the McDuffie case and the scapegoating sheriff
A. The end justifies the means.
B. Justice and utility can conflict.
C. Conscience and integrity are bad because they can lead to riots
A+ 2
, NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
Justice and utility can conflict.
What was the point of the examples of Jim in the jungle, George the biochemist, and the
made-up story about Martin Luther King.
A. The end justifies the means.
B. Being a utilitarian may not make you happy.
C. Utilitarianism fails to account for our sense of integrity and how we view our own actions.
D. Contrary to what most people think, it's not a good idea to be a strongly principled person.
Utilitarianism fails to account for our sense of integrity and how we view our own actions.
In the example, given in class, of the nurse who led an elderly woman to believe that she was
present at the moment of her husband's death, which Utilitarian strategy is least likely to
approve of what the nurse did?
A. Act Utilitarianism
B. Rule Utilitarianism
C. Both would disapprove, Utilitarians would never tell a lie.
Rule Utilitarianism
A+ 3
, NKU PHI 220 HEALTH CARE ETHICS
MID TERM EXAM
According to Walters in "Reproductive Technologies and Genetics," background assumptions
concerning artificiality and sexuality are
A. Very important to determining attitudes toward reproductive technologies
B. Not important in determining attitudes toward reproductive technologies
Very important to determining attitudes toward reproductive technologies
Which view would most likely argue that test tube babies are not a human means of
reproduction?
A. Do nothing artificial view
B. The more the better view
C. Some but not all artificiality is justified view
Do nothing artificial view
Which view would most likely argue that test tube babies are a more human means of
reproduction precisely because it involves technology, artificiality and rational choice?
A. Do nothing artificial view
B. The more the better view
C. Some but not all artificiality is justified view
The more the better view
A+ 4
