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CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO ETHICS
TRUE/FALSE
1. The fundamental question in ethics is how people should behave.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. Keeping one’s promises is an example of a universal ethical principle.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. A legal standard is usually higher than an ethical standard.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. Most people agree on most ethical questions.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. Arguments that right or wrong do not exist are often based on legalism or relativism.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. The standard of law is based on reason and logic.
ANS: F PTS: 1
7. Legal standards change only when new information causes people’s thinking about the standards to
change.
ANS: F PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which is not an example of an ethical principle?
a. respecting the rights of others
b. taking responsibility for one’s actions
c. following the golden rule
d. All of the above are examples.
ANS: D PTS: 1
2. Which is a source of people’s ethical values?
a. family
b. life experiences
c. television
d. all of the above
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ANS: D PTS: 1
3. _____ refers to that part of human behavior that can be evaluated in terms of right and wrong.
a. Intuition c. Conscience
b. Morality d. A credo
ANS: B PTS: 1
4. A(n) _____ is an accepted level of behavior to which people are expected to conform.
a. ethical principle c. standard
b. authority d. legalism
ANS: C PTS: 1
5. According to writer and philosopher Richard Doss, most people acquire their ethical beliefs from
a. authority, family, culture, and education.
b. laws, morality, culture, and family.
c. family, religion, education, and culture.
d. authority, culture, intuition, and reason.
ANS: D PTS: 1
6. An important difference between the standard of ethics and the standard of etiquette is that issues
covered by the standard of etiquette are not as
a. serious. c. common.
b. helpful. d. valid.
ANS: A PTS: 1
7. If a belief is evaluated as right or wrong according to whether the reasons and arguments supporting it
make more logical sense than those against it, the standard of _____ is being applied.
a. etiquette c. ethics
b. law d. excellence
ANS: C PTS: 1
8. “This doesn’t feel right to me; my conscience is telling me that it’s wrong.” Which source of ethical
beliefs does this statement reflect?
a. authority c. intuition
b. culture d. reason
ANS: C PTS: 1
MATCHING
Match each key term or concept with a definition.
a. authority f. reason
b. culture g. relativism
c. ethical principles h. standard of ethics
d. intuition i. standard of etiquette
e. legalism j. standard of law
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1. Refers to social expectations of people’s moral behavior
2. The belief that because there are laws and policies to cover issues of right and wrong, ethics is irrelevant
3. Refers to social expectations concerning manners or social graces
4. A source of ethical beliefs holding that an action is right or wrong because someone important said so
5. Refers to rules of behavior imposed on people by governments
6. The belief that because ethical values vary widely, there can be no universal ethical principles that apply
to everyone
7. A source of ethical beliefs holding that principles of right and wrong have been built into a person’s
conscience
8. General statements of how people should or should not act
9. A source of ethical beliefs holding that the morality of an action depends on the beliefs of one’s culture
or nation
10. A source of ethical beliefs holding that consistent, logical thinking should be the primary tool used in
making ethical decisions
1. ANS: H PTS: 1
2. ANS: E PTS: 1
3. ANS: I PTS: 1
4. ANS: A PTS: 1
5. ANS: J PTS: 1
6. ANS: G PTS: 1
7. ANS: D PTS: 1
8. ANS: C PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: F PTS: 1
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Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
TRUE/FALSE
1. People often base ethical decisions on outcomes: will the result be good or bad, and for whom?
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. A strength of consequential ethics is that you can almost always predict the consequences of your
actions.
ANS: F PTS: 1
3. A weakness of consequential ethics is that no action is always right or always wrong.
ANS: T PTS: 1
4. A weakness of the principle of rights is that people do not always agree on what their rights are.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. According to one philosopher, the key to making a personal quality such as generosity part of your
character is to practice it consistently.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. Abortion, the death penalty, and euthanasia are issues debated according to the principle of rights.
ANS: T PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The principles of _____ very often lead to the same conclusion, or “right answer” to an ethical
dilemma.
a. rights, duties, and virtues c. duties and utility
b. egoism and utility d. egoism, rights, and duties
ANS: A PTS: 1
2. A strength of the principle of _____ is that it gives people a great deal of moral freedom.
a. egoism c. duties
b. rights d. virtue
ANS: B PTS: 1
3. _____ and _____ can be thought of as opposite sides of the same coin.
a. Egoism; the golden mean c. Rights; duties
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CHAPTER 1 WELCOME TO ETHICS
TRUE/FALSE
1. The fundamental question in ethics is how people should behave.
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. Keeping one’s promises is an example of a universal ethical principle.
ANS: T PTS: 1
3. A legal standard is usually higher than an ethical standard.
ANS: F PTS: 1
4. Most people agree on most ethical questions.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. Arguments that right or wrong do not exist are often based on legalism or relativism.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. The standard of law is based on reason and logic.
ANS: F PTS: 1
7. Legal standards change only when new information causes people’s thinking about the standards to
change.
ANS: F PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. Which is not an example of an ethical principle?
a. respecting the rights of others
b. taking responsibility for one’s actions
c. following the golden rule
d. All of the above are examples.
ANS: D PTS: 1
2. Which is a source of people’s ethical values?
a. family
b. life experiences
c. television
d. all of the above
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ANS: D PTS: 1
3. _____ refers to that part of human behavior that can be evaluated in terms of right and wrong.
a. Intuition c. Conscience
b. Morality d. A credo
ANS: B PTS: 1
4. A(n) _____ is an accepted level of behavior to which people are expected to conform.
a. ethical principle c. standard
b. authority d. legalism
ANS: C PTS: 1
5. According to writer and philosopher Richard Doss, most people acquire their ethical beliefs from
a. authority, family, culture, and education.
b. laws, morality, culture, and family.
c. family, religion, education, and culture.
d. authority, culture, intuition, and reason.
ANS: D PTS: 1
6. An important difference between the standard of ethics and the standard of etiquette is that issues
covered by the standard of etiquette are not as
a. serious. c. common.
b. helpful. d. valid.
ANS: A PTS: 1
7. If a belief is evaluated as right or wrong according to whether the reasons and arguments supporting it
make more logical sense than those against it, the standard of _____ is being applied.
a. etiquette c. ethics
b. law d. excellence
ANS: C PTS: 1
8. “This doesn’t feel right to me; my conscience is telling me that it’s wrong.” Which source of ethical
beliefs does this statement reflect?
a. authority c. intuition
b. culture d. reason
ANS: C PTS: 1
MATCHING
Match each key term or concept with a definition.
a. authority f. reason
b. culture g. relativism
c. ethical principles h. standard of ethics
d. intuition i. standard of etiquette
e. legalism j. standard of law
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1. Refers to social expectations of people’s moral behavior
2. The belief that because there are laws and policies to cover issues of right and wrong, ethics is irrelevant
3. Refers to social expectations concerning manners or social graces
4. A source of ethical beliefs holding that an action is right or wrong because someone important said so
5. Refers to rules of behavior imposed on people by governments
6. The belief that because ethical values vary widely, there can be no universal ethical principles that apply
to everyone
7. A source of ethical beliefs holding that principles of right and wrong have been built into a person’s
conscience
8. General statements of how people should or should not act
9. A source of ethical beliefs holding that the morality of an action depends on the beliefs of one’s culture
or nation
10. A source of ethical beliefs holding that consistent, logical thinking should be the primary tool used in
making ethical decisions
1. ANS: H PTS: 1
2. ANS: E PTS: 1
3. ANS: I PTS: 1
4. ANS: A PTS: 1
5. ANS: J PTS: 1
6. ANS: G PTS: 1
7. ANS: D PTS: 1
8. ANS: C PTS: 1
9. ANS: B PTS: 1
10. ANS: F PTS: 1
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Chapter 2
CHAPTER 2 ETHICAL PRINCIPLES
TRUE/FALSE
1. People often base ethical decisions on outcomes: will the result be good or bad, and for whom?
ANS: T PTS: 1
2. A strength of consequential ethics is that you can almost always predict the consequences of your
actions.
ANS: F PTS: 1
3. A weakness of consequential ethics is that no action is always right or always wrong.
ANS: T PTS: 1
4. A weakness of the principle of rights is that people do not always agree on what their rights are.
ANS: T PTS: 1
5. According to one philosopher, the key to making a personal quality such as generosity part of your
character is to practice it consistently.
ANS: T PTS: 1
6. Abortion, the death penalty, and euthanasia are issues debated according to the principle of rights.
ANS: T PTS: 1
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The principles of _____ very often lead to the same conclusion, or “right answer” to an ethical
dilemma.
a. rights, duties, and virtues c. duties and utility
b. egoism and utility d. egoism, rights, and duties
ANS: A PTS: 1
2. A strength of the principle of _____ is that it gives people a great deal of moral freedom.
a. egoism c. duties
b. rights d. virtue
ANS: B PTS: 1
3. _____ and _____ can be thought of as opposite sides of the same coin.
a. Egoism; the golden mean c. Rights; duties
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