BEHV 5613: ETHICS EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Ends Based Thinking
- utilitarianism, do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number; result
of action; consequentialism
Rule Based Thinking
deontological, become universal law; categorical imperative
Issues with: Context Matters and 2+ rules conflict, person unable to do both options
Care Based Thinking
golden rule, do what you want others to do to you; criterion of reversibility
Benefits of recognizing Paradigms
helps get through confusion, reduced to common patterns, strip away extraneous detail,
seperate right-v-right and rght-v-wrong
Ways to be Wrong
Violation of law, departure from truth, deviation from moral rectitude
Pre-Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement
1-fear of punishment/authority
2-fairness, increasing individualism, equal exchange
Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement
3-stereotypes of good behavior, value trust/loyalty
4-fulfill agreed upon duties, moral systems define rules and roles
, Post-Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement
5-values of ones own group, social contract of obedience to share laws, utilitarianism
6-justice, equal human rights, individual dignity
Ethical Fitness
mentally engaged required
Law
society comes together on moral agreement stating this ethical behavior should be
mandated
Golden Mean
Aristotle's term for describing ethical behavior as a midpoint between extremes; aurea
mediocritas
Ethics as measure of national strength
lies in site of ethical middle domain, states are doomed by lack of trust, national
greatness is measure by inner restraint, moderation of desires, modesty in approach
Effective Code of Ethics
brief, not usually explanatory, expressing in a number of formats, centers on moral
values
Moral Relativism
ethics is relative, situational, subjective, negotiable
situation ethics
anything and everything is right/wrong considering the situation
Moral Person
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Ends Based Thinking
- utilitarianism, do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest number; result
of action; consequentialism
Rule Based Thinking
deontological, become universal law; categorical imperative
Issues with: Context Matters and 2+ rules conflict, person unable to do both options
Care Based Thinking
golden rule, do what you want others to do to you; criterion of reversibility
Benefits of recognizing Paradigms
helps get through confusion, reduced to common patterns, strip away extraneous detail,
seperate right-v-right and rght-v-wrong
Ways to be Wrong
Violation of law, departure from truth, deviation from moral rectitude
Pre-Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement
1-fear of punishment/authority
2-fairness, increasing individualism, equal exchange
Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement
3-stereotypes of good behavior, value trust/loyalty
4-fulfill agreed upon duties, moral systems define rules and roles
, Post-Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement
5-values of ones own group, social contract of obedience to share laws, utilitarianism
6-justice, equal human rights, individual dignity
Ethical Fitness
mentally engaged required
Law
society comes together on moral agreement stating this ethical behavior should be
mandated
Golden Mean
Aristotle's term for describing ethical behavior as a midpoint between extremes; aurea
mediocritas
Ethics as measure of national strength
lies in site of ethical middle domain, states are doomed by lack of trust, national
greatness is measure by inner restraint, moderation of desires, modesty in approach
Effective Code of Ethics
brief, not usually explanatory, expressing in a number of formats, centers on moral
values
Moral Relativism
ethics is relative, situational, subjective, negotiable
situation ethics
anything and everything is right/wrong considering the situation
Moral Person
