ENGR 297 Midterm 2 Exam Questions With
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Correct Answers
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Consequentialism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Action //is //morally //right //if //the //consequences //are
//more //favourable //than //unfavourable
Deontological //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔theories //that //consider //our //duties //(not //the
//consequences //of //some //act //or //rule)
Virtue //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Emphasizes //the //importance //of //developing //good //habits //of
//character //rather //than //following //rules.
Four //virtues //Plato //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔wisdom, //courage, //temperance //and //justice
Categorical //Imperative //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔mandates //an //action, //irrespective //of //one's
//desires.
Social //Contract //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔The //view //that //a //person's //moral //obligations //are
//dependent //upon //an //agreement //among //the //members //of //the //society //is //which //they //live
Veil //of //Ignorance //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔This //means //that //we //are //unaware //of //any //of
//our //own //circumstances. //That //is, //whether //we //are //poor //or //rich, //male //or //female, //old //or
//young, //or //what //our //social //status //or //culture //is.
Prisoner's //Dilemma //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Shows //that //self-interest //can //be //consistent
//with //acting //cooperatively.
, Anthropocentric //Theories //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔-ethical //debates //are //"human //centered"
//in //the //sense //that //it //seems //that //only //human //beings //can //reflect //about //ethical //matters.
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Anthropocentric //Theory //of //Environmental //Ethics //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Where //we //only
//have //moral //obligations //towards //other //human //beings.
Pollution //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Water //pollution: //Agricultural //run-off
Air //pollution: //acid //rain, //smog
Ground //pollution: //leaching //landfills, //pesticides //in //soil
-Development //doesn't //always //have //to //lead //to //pollution
Deforestation //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Logging, //using //forest //lands //for //agriculture/urban
//areas.
Climate //Change //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔3 //degree //increase //is //predicted //for //the //future,
//accompanied //by //10% //decrease //in //precipitation
// -Carbon //dioxide //and //other //aerosols
Minimization //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔measures //taken //to //reduce //the //emissions //of
//greenhouse //gases //into //the //atmosphere.
Counteracting //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔measures //to //interfere //with //the //physical //processes
//of //global //warming.
Adaptation //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔measures //taken //to //deal //with //the //changing //climate.
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Consequentialism //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Action //is //morally //right //if //the //consequences //are
//more //favourable //than //unfavourable
Deontological //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔theories //that //consider //our //duties //(not //the
//consequences //of //some //act //or //rule)
Virtue //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Emphasizes //the //importance //of //developing //good //habits //of
//character //rather //than //following //rules.
Four //virtues //Plato //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔wisdom, //courage, //temperance //and //justice
Categorical //Imperative //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔mandates //an //action, //irrespective //of //one's
//desires.
Social //Contract //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔The //view //that //a //person's //moral //obligations //are
//dependent //upon //an //agreement //among //the //members //of //the //society //is //which //they //live
Veil //of //Ignorance //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔This //means //that //we //are //unaware //of //any //of
//our //own //circumstances. //That //is, //whether //we //are //poor //or //rich, //male //or //female, //old //or
//young, //or //what //our //social //status //or //culture //is.
Prisoner's //Dilemma //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Shows //that //self-interest //can //be //consistent
//with //acting //cooperatively.
, Anthropocentric //Theories //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔-ethical //debates //are //"human //centered"
//in //the //sense //that //it //seems //that //only //human //beings //can //reflect //about //ethical //matters.
-
Anthropocentric //Theory //of //Environmental //Ethics //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Where //we //only
//have //moral //obligations //towards //other //human //beings.
Pollution //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Water //pollution: //Agricultural //run-off
Air //pollution: //acid //rain, //smog
Ground //pollution: //leaching //landfills, //pesticides //in //soil
-Development //doesn't //always //have //to //lead //to //pollution
Deforestation //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔Logging, //using //forest //lands //for //agriculture/urban
//areas.
Climate //Change //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔3 //degree //increase //is //predicted //for //the //future,
//accompanied //by //10% //decrease //in //precipitation
// -Carbon //dioxide //and //other //aerosols
Minimization //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔measures //taken //to //reduce //the //emissions //of
//greenhouse //gases //into //the //atmosphere.
Counteracting //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔measures //to //interfere //with //the //physical //processes
//of //global //warming.
Adaptation //- //verified //answer(s)-✔✔measures //taken //to //deal //with //the //changing //climate.
