Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century (5th Edition) – Complete Test Bank & Exam Practice Questions (Chapters 1–14) | Morrison et al.

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Chapter 1 Quiz



Multiple Choice



1. Which theory speaks of the maximization of pleasure or happiness?
A) Deontology
B) Natural law
C) Classical utilitarianism
D) Rule consequentialism
Ans: C
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2. Who opposed the forced redistribution of benefits and burdens?
A) John Rawls
B) Aristotle
C) Robert Nozick
D) Immanuel Kant
Ans: C
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3. Identify the correct statement according to the principle of distributive justice.
A) A person is entitled to a holding only if it benefits society.
B) If a person is entitled to a holding and transfers the holding, the person to whom it is transferred
is now entitled to it.
C) Everyone should have an equal share of all holdings, regardless of acquisition.
D) A person who acquires a holding in accordance with the principle of need is entitled to that
holding.
Ans: B
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4. Identify the correct statement, according to John Rawls, about the principle of justice.
A) Each person is to have an equal right to the most extensive basic liberty.
B) The veil of ignorance does not take away liberties.
C) It maximizes the position of the most well off.
D) People are a means to an end.
Ans: A
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5. What does the term eudaimonia, used by Aristotle, typically translate to?
A) Envy
B) Happiness
C) Resentment
D) Tranquility
Ans: B
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, Health Care Ethics: Critical Issues for the 21st Century, Fifth Edition
Eileen E. Morrison and Rachel Ellison
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Chapter One: Multiple Choice Questions

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1. Which of the following best defines normative ethics?

A) The study of right and wrong
B) A system of laws governing society
C) A set of religious commandments
D) Scientific rules of health

Ans: A
H1-head: Ethics and Health Care
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2. Several important debates such as those surrounding abortion, euthanasia, and social justice
draw on which theory?

A) Egotistic Theory
B) Natural Law Theory
C) Authority-based Theory
D) Virtue Ethics

Ans: B
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