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Which question most directly reflects consequentialist reasoning?
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07/10 Methods of Moral Reasoning Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
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A hospital refuses to deceive a patient even though staff believe the deception would produce a better short-term outcome. Which ethical approach most directly supports this reasoning?
- A
Deontology
- B
Consequentialism
- C
Virtue ethics
- D
Care ethics
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A city is considering facial-recognition software and wants to avoid deciding from assumptions about its accuracy. Which step should it perform first?
- A
Identify stakeholders
- B
Formulate realistic options
- C
Gather the relevant facts
- D
Test objections and alternatives
04
True or false
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True or false: If an action complies with the law, that fact alone establishes that the action is ethically justified.
- A
True
- B
False
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True or false
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True or false: Once an ethical decision has been implemented, reviewing its actual effects is unnecessary if the original reasoning was careful.
- A
True
- B
False
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Written response
1 point
What ethical approach asks which available option will produce the best balance of benefits and harms?
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Written response
1 point
According to virtue ethics, what quality helps a person determine how to express virtues appropriately in complex circumstances?
08
Fill in the blank
1 point
A useful method of moral reasoning should be , meaning that it is guided by defensible ethical standards.
09
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Treating a complex ethical problem as if it offered only two choices, despite plausible alternatives, is a .
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Open ended
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What elements should a well-justified moral conclusion include, and why is post-implementation review important?
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A manager says a policy is acceptable because no one outside the organization will learn how it was made. Which response best applies the publicity or respectability test?
- A
Whether the decision will receive unanimous approval
- B
Whether the decision can be defended honestly to affected people and serious critics
- C
Whether the decision is likely to remain confidential
- D
Whether the decision maximizes short-term efficiency
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A hospital must choose between two ways to distribute a limited treatment. One option helps more people overall but places a serious burden on a smaller group; the other helps fewer people but distributes the burdens more evenly. Which question is most directly consequentialist?
- A
Choose the option that follows an existing rule, regardless of its effects.
- B
Choose the option that best expresses courage and compassion.
- C
Compare the expected benefits and harms of the available options, including less harmful alternatives.
- D
Choose the option that most people already support.
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A researcher can obtain useful results by concealing important information from participants. Which question best applies a deontological lens to this proposal?
- A
Will the action maximize total well-being?
- B
Does the action respect the person’s rights and avoid using them merely as a means?
- C
What character trait would the action help the decision-maker develop?
- D
Will the action preserve public trust in the long term?
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A manager is deciding how to respond after an employee makes an honest mistake that harms a customer. Which question most clearly uses virtue ethics?
- A
What would a practically wise and morally good professional do in these circumstances?
- B
Which action produces the greatest net benefit?
- C
Which action is legally permitted?
- D
Which action is easiest to defend using a majority vote?
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An organization is considering a predictive system, but it does not yet know how accurate the system is for different groups. According to the six-step method, what should the organization do first?
- A
Announce the preferred conclusion and then collect supporting evidence.
- B
Identify the virtue that the institution should express.
- C
List every possible stakeholder’s preferred outcome.
- D
Separate known, uncertain, disputed, and missing information before judging the options.
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Written response
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What term names practical reasoning about what a person or group ought to do?
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Written response
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In the six-step method for ethical analysis, which step number includes implementing the decision and reviewing its actual outcomes?
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Which perspectives are identified in the material as additional ethical lenses beyond consequentialism, deontology, and virtue ethics? Select all correct choices.
- A
Astrology
- B
Justice and fairness
- C
Popularity
- D
The common good
- E
Care
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A city is considering an automated system to allocate emergency inspections among neighborhoods. The system may improve efficiency, but some neighborhoods have historically received fewer public services and may be less represented in the data. Which actions belong in a responsible ethical analysis? Select all that apply.
- A
Examine whether any group bears a disproportionate share of the risk.
- B
Treat the interests of every stakeholder as identical so that no interest receives special attention.
- C
Ask whether less powerful or absent groups have been represented.
- D
Consider safeguards or alternative designs that could reduce unequal harms.
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True or false
1 point
True or false: In moral reasoning, testing the strongest serious objection can reveal an omitted stakeholder or a hidden assumption, even when the objection does not ultimately defeat the proposed option.
- A
True
- B
False