ETHICS FINAL COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ "Ethics" is the reasoned study of what is morally right and wrong,
good and bad; it includes examining moral questions or problems;
situations or actions that contain legitimate questions of moral right
or wrong.
Answer: True
◉ "Critical thinking" refers to determining what is right or good
soley on the basis of the momentary context, depending on the
current situation.
Answer: False
◉ "Conflict of Interest" is defined as a situation in which personal
needs and interests are at odds with:
Answer: professional obligations
◉ As defined by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a "just law" is
Answer: morally right and fair.
◉ Whether parents choose to send their children to a public school,
private school or home-school them. Is not an ethical issue.
,Answer: True
◉ The world of law is smaller than the world of ethics.
Answer: True
◉ You can follow the law and still do something unethical.
Answer: True
◉ "Plagiarism" refers to the use of invented or fabricated
information, or the falsification of research or other findings with
the intent to deceive for academic professional advantage.
Answer: False
◉ "Applied ethics" refers to the actual use of moral standards of
conduct in making decisions about human problems.
Answer: True
◉ "Nonmoral" behaviors are those behaviors that are contrary to
good moral reasoning.
Answer: False
◉ Ethical (or moral) principles are general guidelines of ethical
behavior; the "should" statements of ethics.
,Answer: True
◉ "Virtues" are moral qualities that are considered important and
worthy.
Answer: False
◉ Plato was the student and Aristotle was his teacher.
Answer: False
◉ Among the earliest writers on ethics in the Western world were
the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle; they seem to be among
the first to argue that moral right and wrong should be based more
on reason and logic than on religion, superstition, or mythology.
Answer: True
◉ "Moral judgments" are simply ethical decisions; part of "the ethics
environment".
Answer: True
◉ "Challenges to Ethics" include ?
Answer: Relativism, Absolutism, Legalism
◉ "Ethics Arenas in our Lives" include:
, Answer: "self-directed" and "other-directed" values.
◉ Mahatma Gandhi's "Seven Sins" include "wealth without work,
pleasue without conscience, knowledge without character,
commerce without morality, science without humility, worship
without sacrifice and politics without principle."
Answer: True
◉ President John F. Kennedy said, "We shall require a substantially
new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
Answer: False
◉ Other people may make life choices that shock or puzzle us. We
can be more understanding and compassionate toward others in
these situations if we realize they are thinking and acting in different
stages of moral development.
Answer: True
◉ Three of Kohlberg's stages of moral development are Law and
Order, Social Contract, and Punishment/Obedience.
Answer: True
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ "Ethics" is the reasoned study of what is morally right and wrong,
good and bad; it includes examining moral questions or problems;
situations or actions that contain legitimate questions of moral right
or wrong.
Answer: True
◉ "Critical thinking" refers to determining what is right or good
soley on the basis of the momentary context, depending on the
current situation.
Answer: False
◉ "Conflict of Interest" is defined as a situation in which personal
needs and interests are at odds with:
Answer: professional obligations
◉ As defined by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a "just law" is
Answer: morally right and fair.
◉ Whether parents choose to send their children to a public school,
private school or home-school them. Is not an ethical issue.
,Answer: True
◉ The world of law is smaller than the world of ethics.
Answer: True
◉ You can follow the law and still do something unethical.
Answer: True
◉ "Plagiarism" refers to the use of invented or fabricated
information, or the falsification of research or other findings with
the intent to deceive for academic professional advantage.
Answer: False
◉ "Applied ethics" refers to the actual use of moral standards of
conduct in making decisions about human problems.
Answer: True
◉ "Nonmoral" behaviors are those behaviors that are contrary to
good moral reasoning.
Answer: False
◉ Ethical (or moral) principles are general guidelines of ethical
behavior; the "should" statements of ethics.
,Answer: True
◉ "Virtues" are moral qualities that are considered important and
worthy.
Answer: False
◉ Plato was the student and Aristotle was his teacher.
Answer: False
◉ Among the earliest writers on ethics in the Western world were
the Greek philosophers Plato and Aristotle; they seem to be among
the first to argue that moral right and wrong should be based more
on reason and logic than on religion, superstition, or mythology.
Answer: True
◉ "Moral judgments" are simply ethical decisions; part of "the ethics
environment".
Answer: True
◉ "Challenges to Ethics" include ?
Answer: Relativism, Absolutism, Legalism
◉ "Ethics Arenas in our Lives" include:
, Answer: "self-directed" and "other-directed" values.
◉ Mahatma Gandhi's "Seven Sins" include "wealth without work,
pleasue without conscience, knowledge without character,
commerce without morality, science without humility, worship
without sacrifice and politics without principle."
Answer: True
◉ President John F. Kennedy said, "We shall require a substantially
new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive."
Answer: False
◉ Other people may make life choices that shock or puzzle us. We
can be more understanding and compassionate toward others in
these situations if we realize they are thinking and acting in different
stages of moral development.
Answer: True
◉ Three of Kohlberg's stages of moral development are Law and
Order, Social Contract, and Punishment/Obedience.
Answer: True