LEB 320F Ethics Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
What is the moral minimum and what are the 4 elements? - ✔✔Set of
general standards that constitute the ethical minimum necessary for the
functioning of civilization
1. Honesty
2. Loyalty/Transparency
3. Keeping Commitments
4. Doing no harm
What is Moral Dumbfounding? - ✔✔Snap moral judgement's that cannot be
explained intellectually.
Evolutionary influence
ex. Disgust over a sexual relationship between infertile siblings
Legal Standards
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,-Source
-Consequence
-Influence
-Level of Demand
-Purpose
-Baseline reason - ✔✔reason Legal
- Source: defined and applied by governmental processes
- Consequence: concrete sanctions
- Influence: one another
- Level of Demand: depends
- Purpose: serve same general purpose; expression of society's most basic
values
- Baseline reason: fairness and avoidance of harm to others
Moral Standards
-Source
-Consequence
-Influence
-Level of Demand
-Purpose
-Baseline reason - ✔✔- Source: instinctive, intuitive, cultural factors
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, - Consequence: internal, can't define
- Influence: one another
- Level of Demand: depends
- Purpose: serve same general purpose; expression of society's most basic
values
- Baseline reason: fairness and avoidance of harm to others
What is the Acceptability Heuristic? - ✔✔People often judge their actions
on whether it will be acceptable to their superiors.
People are more likely to undertake an unethical action in the workplace
when urged to do so by a superior.
What are Heuristics? - ✔✔Mental shortcuts used to ease the cognitive load
of making a decision.
ex. Educated Guess
ex. Common sense
ex. Intuition
What is ethics? - ✔✔The study of morality and the exploration of values,
standards, reasoning.
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Answers 100% Solved | Graded A+
What is the moral minimum and what are the 4 elements? - ✔✔Set of
general standards that constitute the ethical minimum necessary for the
functioning of civilization
1. Honesty
2. Loyalty/Transparency
3. Keeping Commitments
4. Doing no harm
What is Moral Dumbfounding? - ✔✔Snap moral judgement's that cannot be
explained intellectually.
Evolutionary influence
ex. Disgust over a sexual relationship between infertile siblings
Legal Standards
1
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
,-Source
-Consequence
-Influence
-Level of Demand
-Purpose
-Baseline reason - ✔✔reason Legal
- Source: defined and applied by governmental processes
- Consequence: concrete sanctions
- Influence: one another
- Level of Demand: depends
- Purpose: serve same general purpose; expression of society's most basic
values
- Baseline reason: fairness and avoidance of harm to others
Moral Standards
-Source
-Consequence
-Influence
-Level of Demand
-Purpose
-Baseline reason - ✔✔- Source: instinctive, intuitive, cultural factors
2
©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025. YEAR PUBLISHED 2024.
, - Consequence: internal, can't define
- Influence: one another
- Level of Demand: depends
- Purpose: serve same general purpose; expression of society's most basic
values
- Baseline reason: fairness and avoidance of harm to others
What is the Acceptability Heuristic? - ✔✔People often judge their actions
on whether it will be acceptable to their superiors.
People are more likely to undertake an unethical action in the workplace
when urged to do so by a superior.
What are Heuristics? - ✔✔Mental shortcuts used to ease the cognitive load
of making a decision.
ex. Educated Guess
ex. Common sense
ex. Intuition
What is ethics? - ✔✔The study of morality and the exploration of values,
standards, reasoning.
3
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