NSC 402 MIDTERM TEST QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
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The moral standard that you have to hold throughout your time as Midshipmen and
officers is the same as: - correct answer-None of the above
According to C.S. Lewis, what does one find when finally getting into the "Inner Ring?" -
correct answer-Another ring
True or False: Cognitive Dissonance is when our conduct and principles clash with each
other - correct answer-True
The well-known fact that groups of people are less likely to respond helpfully in
emergency situations is known as: - correct answer-Diffusion of Responsibility
Which of the following is not a factor on the Moral Deliberation Roadmap? - correct
answer-Restraints
True or False: Aristotle claimed that many human beings lack the full complement of
rational capacities, are thereby incapable of governing themselves in a fully competent
manner, thereby require direction by those who do not have the full complement, and so
are natural slaves, whom the fully rational are free to 'hunt' as it suits them. - correct
answer-True
The ________ is a checklist to go through to ensure that your action is ordinarily
permissible, that you really don't intend the bad effect, that you don't have other
alternatives, and that the good effect outweighs the bad effect. - correct answer-Doctrine
of Double Effect
In order for defensive actions to be just, they have to be: - correct answer-Necessary,
proportionate, and in response to an imminent threat.
Utilitarianism states that morally thoughtful actors ought to take consequences into
account to choose actions bringing about the - correct answer-Greatest net happiness
True or False: A Utilitarian cares, rightly, only about her own happiness, and must
properly factor that into her deliberations - correct answer-False
LATELY UPDATED
The moral standard that you have to hold throughout your time as Midshipmen and
officers is the same as: - correct answer-None of the above
According to C.S. Lewis, what does one find when finally getting into the "Inner Ring?" -
correct answer-Another ring
True or False: Cognitive Dissonance is when our conduct and principles clash with each
other - correct answer-True
The well-known fact that groups of people are less likely to respond helpfully in
emergency situations is known as: - correct answer-Diffusion of Responsibility
Which of the following is not a factor on the Moral Deliberation Roadmap? - correct
answer-Restraints
True or False: Aristotle claimed that many human beings lack the full complement of
rational capacities, are thereby incapable of governing themselves in a fully competent
manner, thereby require direction by those who do not have the full complement, and so
are natural slaves, whom the fully rational are free to 'hunt' as it suits them. - correct
answer-True
The ________ is a checklist to go through to ensure that your action is ordinarily
permissible, that you really don't intend the bad effect, that you don't have other
alternatives, and that the good effect outweighs the bad effect. - correct answer-Doctrine
of Double Effect
In order for defensive actions to be just, they have to be: - correct answer-Necessary,
proportionate, and in response to an imminent threat.
Utilitarianism states that morally thoughtful actors ought to take consequences into
account to choose actions bringing about the - correct answer-Greatest net happiness
True or False: A Utilitarian cares, rightly, only about her own happiness, and must
properly factor that into her deliberations - correct answer-False
