Biomedical
Ethics (PHIL
235) with
correct answers
2025/2026
- correct answers
"Autonomy": - correct answersIt is something that we might have at one moment, but not at
another, due to the influence of illness, depression, or oppression.
"For Aristotle, the virtues are always a sort of middle ground between two vices." - correct
answersTrue
"Hypothetical imperatives" are: - correct answersCommands that are only binding if the person
they are addressed to actually fit the "if" part of the command.
, "In this course, a 'positive right' is beyond merely a right to not be interfered with, and is
actually a right that a person might have for some good or service." - correct answersTrue
"Rule Utilitarianism" is a modification or subdivision of utilitarianism whereby: - correct
answersSome utilitarians argued that utilitarian logic should be applied not to each action, but
rather to determining the best set of rules.
"When making a decision for a non-competent patient, every effort should be made to try to
determine what the patient themselves would have wanted were they still competent to make
the decision" - correct answersTrue
A duty that we have to follow at least some of the time - correct answersAccording to Kant, and
'imperfect' duty is:
Abortion is an exclusively modern topic of debate, since prior to modern times unwanted
pregnancies were dealt with via infanticide. That is why abortion is not discussed in ancient or
medieval times. - correct answersFalse
According to Hardwig, the fact that a patient's life intertwines in important ways with the well-
being of their family should lead us to: - correct answersRethink the decision-making
procedures in medical contexts along the lines of trying to balance fidelity to the patient and
fairness to the family and others affected by the decision.
According to Kant's first version of the "categorical imperative": - correct answersWe ought to
follow the principles that we could actually desire that everyone else also followed
According to Laura Purdy, the possibility that high-risk pregnancies can be detected prior to
conception is irrelevant since there is a fundamental right to have children regardless of the
risks. - correct answersFalse
Ethics (PHIL
235) with
correct answers
2025/2026
- correct answers
"Autonomy": - correct answersIt is something that we might have at one moment, but not at
another, due to the influence of illness, depression, or oppression.
"For Aristotle, the virtues are always a sort of middle ground between two vices." - correct
answersTrue
"Hypothetical imperatives" are: - correct answersCommands that are only binding if the person
they are addressed to actually fit the "if" part of the command.
, "In this course, a 'positive right' is beyond merely a right to not be interfered with, and is
actually a right that a person might have for some good or service." - correct answersTrue
"Rule Utilitarianism" is a modification or subdivision of utilitarianism whereby: - correct
answersSome utilitarians argued that utilitarian logic should be applied not to each action, but
rather to determining the best set of rules.
"When making a decision for a non-competent patient, every effort should be made to try to
determine what the patient themselves would have wanted were they still competent to make
the decision" - correct answersTrue
A duty that we have to follow at least some of the time - correct answersAccording to Kant, and
'imperfect' duty is:
Abortion is an exclusively modern topic of debate, since prior to modern times unwanted
pregnancies were dealt with via infanticide. That is why abortion is not discussed in ancient or
medieval times. - correct answersFalse
According to Hardwig, the fact that a patient's life intertwines in important ways with the well-
being of their family should lead us to: - correct answersRethink the decision-making
procedures in medical contexts along the lines of trying to balance fidelity to the patient and
fairness to the family and others affected by the decision.
According to Kant's first version of the "categorical imperative": - correct answersWe ought to
follow the principles that we could actually desire that everyone else also followed
According to Laura Purdy, the possibility that high-risk pregnancies can be detected prior to
conception is irrelevant since there is a fundamental right to have children regardless of the
risks. - correct answersFalse
