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07 Care Ethics and Moral Relationships Online Quiz Questions

Use this free practice quiz with 20 questions to review 07 Care Ethics and Moral Relationships, test your knowledge, and prepare for your next test or exam.

20 questions

True or false

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True or false: In care ethics, a promise to a close friend may create responsibilities different from those owed to a stranger, without implying that the stranger does not matter.

A
True
B
False

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1 point

A care-oriented policy does not assume people are fully self-sufficient; it recognizes human through networks of support.

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A person has promised to help a close friend but then learns that a stranger nearby also needs assistance. Which interpretation best reflects care ethics?

A
A friend’s needs always outweigh a stranger’s needs because relationships are the only source of moral duties.
B
A friendship can shape what one knows and can reasonably do for the friend, while strangers still matter morally.
C
A promise to a friend is ethically irrelevant because everyone must be treated identically in every situation.
D
Care ethics requires ignoring a stranger’s needs whenever a friend asks for help.

Written response

1 point

A teacher adapts support to one student’s circumstances and also checks whether comparable needs are treated fairly across the class. What ethical concept provides this fairness check?

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Select all claims that are consistent with care ethics’ account of emotion in moral understanding.

A
Empathy may help someone understand a need that an abstract rule alone does not reveal.
B
Feeling compassion is sufficient to ensure that a response is ethically appropriate.
C
Concern can help someone notice that another person is distressed.
D
Emotions are always reliable guides, so the other person’s perspective need not be considered.
E
Emotions can be mistaken or partial and should be considered alongside the other person’s perspective and agency.

True or false

1 point

True or false: Feminist approaches to care ethics examine how gendered expectations shape who performs care work and whose needs are recognized, rather than treating women’s caring as natural and inevitable.

A
True
B
False

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1 point

When one person carries substantial responsibility for someone who cannot return the same kind of help, care ethics asks how to meet that responsibility without making the caregiver’s needs .

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A student misses assignments while caring for a sick relative. Which response best combines care ethics’ attention to particular needs with its concern about fairness?

A
Apply an identical response to every student, regardless of their circumstances.
B
Give support only to students with whom the teacher already has a close relationship.
C
Respond to the student’s particular needs while checking whether similar needs are treated fairly.
D
Ignore fairness concerns because a caring response is automatically just.

Written response

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A teacher offers practical support to a student caring for a sick relative but avoids deciding for the student what help to accept. Which ethical concept names the student’s capacity to make choices that this response respects?

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A teacher learns that a student has missed assignments while caring for a sick relative. Which response best reflects care ethics’ view that emotion may inform judgment but is not enough by itself?

A
The teacher should rely on compassion alone, because warm feelings establish that the response is right.
B
The teacher should listen, understand the student’s circumstances, and consider a suitable response that respects the student’s agency.
C
The teacher should apply a rule without considering the student’s circumstances, because care ethics rejects particular relationships.
D
The teacher should provide whatever support the student requests, without considering its effects on anyone else.

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1 point

Select all claims that accurately describe care ethics’ critique of some traditional moral theories.

A
An exclusive focus on impartial rules can overlook particular relationships and embodied needs.
B
Treating self-sufficiency as normal can obscure how human lives depend on support and care work.
C
Rules, rights, and consequences should always be discarded when a caring relationship is involved.
D
Unequal power and the everyday work that sustains people can be missed by some traditional approaches.
E
Care can complement justice, rights, and attention to consequences rather than automatically replacing them.

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1 point

A city is deciding how to organize support for residents who depend on others for daily assistance. Which consideration most directly reflects a care-ethical focus beyond individual relationships?

A
Care is morally relevant only when a caregiver and recipient are family members.
B
Institutions should avoid considering care because it is a private matter.
C
The organization and distribution of care can be social and political questions.
D
Care work is ethically relevant only when the recipient can provide equal help in return.

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Which description best captures the central emphasis of care ethics?

A
Applying the same universal rule without regard to anyone’s circumstances
B
Attending to relationships, vulnerability, and responsibilities toward others
C
Choosing whichever action produces the greatest total benefit
D
Treating people as fully independent decision-makers

True or false

1 point

True or false: Care ethics treats dependency as a condition limited to infancy, illness, or old age.

A
True
B
False

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1 point

A person feels compassion for someone in distress. According to care ethics, what else is needed for this feeling to contribute to good moral action?

A
Compassion alone guarantees that a response is ethically appropriate.
B
Emotions should be ignored because only abstract rules reveal needs.
C
Concern may help reveal distress, but judgment and an appropriate response are also needed.
D
Empathy makes it unnecessary to consider the other person’s perspective or agency.

Written response

1 point

When responding to someone’s needs, what should care ethics respect alongside that person’s well-being and perspective?

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A teacher learns that a student who has missed assignments is caring for a sick relative. Which response best applies care ethics while also taking fairness seriously?

A
Listen to the student, understand the circumstances, consider practical support, and check fairness and agency.
B
Apply the same penalty immediately, since equal treatment means circumstances are irrelevant.
C
Excuse all missed work without speaking with the student or considering the effect on others.
D
Assume the student cannot make decisions and arrange support without consulting them.

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How does care ethics’ criticism of theories focused on rules, rights, or outcomes relate to those theories?

A
Rules and rights should be rejected whenever a personal relationship is involved.
B
Care should replace attention to consequences because relationships matter most.
C
Justice is incompatible with care because it treats everyone impartially.
D
Care can complement rules, rights, and attention to consequences, which can also guard against harm and unfairness.

Written response

1 point

What condition of relying on others for support does care ethics treat as a normal part of human life rather than something shameful?

Open ended

1 point

A school evaluates students’ moral reasoning and labels a student’s answer less mature because it focuses on relationships and responding to people’s needs rather than applying a general rule. Explain how Carol Gilligan’s challenge to established accounts of moral development applies to this evaluation.