BLAW 2301 Exam 1 Complete Questions And Correct Solutions
1. Commerce The part of Article I, section 8, that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce
Clause with foreign nations and among states.
2. Common Law Judge-made law
3. Precedent The tendency to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
An earlier case that decided the issue.
Earlier decisions by the state appellate courts on similar or identical issues.
4. Statutes A law created by a legislature.
5. Criminal law Prohibits certain behavior for the benefit of society.
6. Civil law Regulates the rights and duties between parties.
7. Jurisprudence The philosophy of law.
8. Sovereign The recognized political power, whom citizens obey
9. Plaintiff The party who is suing.
10. Defendant The party being sued.
11. Ethics How people should behave.
12. Life Principles The rules by which you live your life.
13. Ethics Decision Any choice about how a person should behave that is based on a sense of right
and wrong.
14. Life Prospects The circumstances into which we are born.
15. An act is only ethical if it would be acceptable for everyone to do the same thing.
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, BLAW 2301 Exam 1 Complete Questions And Correct Solutions
Categorical Im-
perative
16. Deontological From the Greek word for obligation; the duty to do the right thing, regardless of
the result.
17. Difference Princi- Rawls's suggestion that society should reward behavior that provides the most
ple benefit to the community as a whole.
18. Veil of Ignorance The rules of society that we would propose if we did not know how lucky we would
be in life's lottery.
19. Moral Relativism A belief that a decision may be right even if it is not in keeping with one's own
ethics standards.
20. Moral Universal- A belief that some acts are always right or always wrong.
ism
21. Moral Licensing After doing something ethical, many people then have a tendency to act unethi-
cally.
22. Optimism Bias A belief that the outcome of an event will be more positive than the evidence
warrants.
23. Corporate Social An organization's obligation to contribute positively to the world around it.
Responsibility
24. Kantian Evasion A truthful statement that is nonetheless misleading.
25. Stare Decisis "Let the decision stand," that is, the ruling from a previous case.
26. Bill A proposed statute, submitted to Congress or a state legislature.
27. Veto The power of the president to reject legislation passed by Congress.
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1. Commerce The part of Article I, section 8, that gives Congress the power to regulate commerce
Clause with foreign nations and among states.
2. Common Law Judge-made law
3. Precedent The tendency to decide current cases based on previous rulings.
An earlier case that decided the issue.
Earlier decisions by the state appellate courts on similar or identical issues.
4. Statutes A law created by a legislature.
5. Criminal law Prohibits certain behavior for the benefit of society.
6. Civil law Regulates the rights and duties between parties.
7. Jurisprudence The philosophy of law.
8. Sovereign The recognized political power, whom citizens obey
9. Plaintiff The party who is suing.
10. Defendant The party being sued.
11. Ethics How people should behave.
12. Life Principles The rules by which you live your life.
13. Ethics Decision Any choice about how a person should behave that is based on a sense of right
and wrong.
14. Life Prospects The circumstances into which we are born.
15. An act is only ethical if it would be acceptable for everyone to do the same thing.
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, BLAW 2301 Exam 1 Complete Questions And Correct Solutions
Categorical Im-
perative
16. Deontological From the Greek word for obligation; the duty to do the right thing, regardless of
the result.
17. Difference Princi- Rawls's suggestion that society should reward behavior that provides the most
ple benefit to the community as a whole.
18. Veil of Ignorance The rules of society that we would propose if we did not know how lucky we would
be in life's lottery.
19. Moral Relativism A belief that a decision may be right even if it is not in keeping with one's own
ethics standards.
20. Moral Universal- A belief that some acts are always right or always wrong.
ism
21. Moral Licensing After doing something ethical, many people then have a tendency to act unethi-
cally.
22. Optimism Bias A belief that the outcome of an event will be more positive than the evidence
warrants.
23. Corporate Social An organization's obligation to contribute positively to the world around it.
Responsibility
24. Kantian Evasion A truthful statement that is nonetheless misleading.
25. Stare Decisis "Let the decision stand," that is, the ruling from a previous case.
26. Bill A proposed statute, submitted to Congress or a state legislature.
27. Veto The power of the president to reject legislation passed by Congress.
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