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Which field systematically examines moral questions that arise in particular situations, institutions, professions, and technologies?
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09/10 Introduction to Applied Ethics Online Quiz Questions
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20 questions
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True or false
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True or false: Following the law always settles whether an action is ethically justified.
- A
True
- B
False
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What ethical framework evaluates an action by asking whether its consequences are at least as good as those of the available alternatives?
04
Fill in the blank
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Complete the sentence: The ethical framework that evaluates actions by duties, rules, rights, and principles is .
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A city is considering automated traffic cameras. Which approach best represents a consequentialist analysis of the proposal?
- A
Assess whether injuries are reduced while examining false accusations, unequal enforcement, and data collection
- B
Reject the cameras solely because they might violate a rule against surveillance
- C
Ask only whether a courageous and compassionate city official would approve them
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Approve the cameras automatically because increased traffic enforcement is legal
06
True or false
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True or false: In the example of a physician disclosing an error, virtue ethics evaluates the decision partly by the honesty, humility, and responsibility it demonstrates.
- A
True
- B
False
07
Fill in the blank
1 point
Complete the sentence: Applying the same rule to everyone is called .
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A policy applies exactly the same eligibility rule to every applicant, without considering unequal starting conditions. What type of equality does this illustrate?
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An employer wants to collect employee information for a legitimate operational purpose. Which policy best reflects the material's privacy-respecting approach?
- A
Collect only necessary data for a stated purpose, provide meaningful notice and choices, protect it, and set retention and deletion rules
- B
Collect as much data as possible because future uses may become valuable
- C
Keep all data indefinitely if the original collection was technically secure
- D
Avoid telling employees about collection so that their behavior remains natural
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Which three actions are part of the material's method for moral reasoning? Select all correct choices.
- A
Identify stakeholders, including vulnerable groups and future generations
- B
Choose the most popular option before gathering further information
- C
List realistic alternatives such as delay, oversight, compensation, or refusal
- D
Rely only on personal preference because moral reasoning is subjective
- E
Check whether the reasoning remains acceptable if roles are reversed or the decision becomes public
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Which three practices are consistent with the material's responsible analysis of an artificial-intelligence system? Select all correct choices.
- A
Require a qualified person to review or intervene in high-stakes decisions
- B
Treat model accuracy as sufficient even if affected people cannot understand or challenge decisions
- C
Examine whether training data reproduce discrimination and whether error rates differ among groups
- D
Assess whether data collection is necessary, protected, and consistent with privacy
- E
Allow deployment without testing because responsibility belongs only to the end user
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Which policy rationale best expresses a retributive approach to legal punishment?
- A
Punish solely when it maximizes deterrence, regardless of proportionality
- B
Replace every punishment with a voluntary educational program
- C
Impose a proportionate response to wrongdoing because it is deserved
- D
Increase punishment whenever public anger increases
13
True or false
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True or false: Technology can be ethically significant even when its designers do not intend to make an explicit moral statement, because design choices can embed decisions about access, power, risk, and responsibility.
- A
True
- B
False
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A company legally collects more employee data than it needs and uses the data for an undisclosed purpose. Which conclusion best follows from the distinction between legal and ethical analysis?
- A
It is ethical because the law permits it.
- B
It may still be unethical because legality and moral justification are not identical.
- C
It is unethical only if a court later declares it illegal.
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It cannot be evaluated ethically until a new law is passed.
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A city compares two traffic-safety policies by estimating injuries prevented, false accusations, unequal enforcement, and data-collection risks under each option. Which ethical framework is being applied most directly?
- A
Whether the policy expresses the institution's honesty and courage
- B
Whether the policy follows an absolute rule regardless of its effects
- C
Whether the policy produces better overall consequences than available alternatives
- D
Whether the policy reflects the decision-maker's personal loyalty
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A company can increase profits by secretly selling identifiable customer data. Which response best represents a deontological objection?
- A
Rejecting the sale because it would violate privacy or consent
- B
Approving the sale because increased profit is the best aggregate outcome
- C
Approving the sale because the company has a commercially useful database
- D
Rejecting the sale only because it could damage the company's reputation
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A school is considering facial-recognition software for unauthorized visitors. Which approach best exemplifies structured moral reasoning?
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Choose the most technologically advanced system without further analysis
- B
Adopt the system immediately because safety always overrides privacy
- C
Ask only whether the software is legally permitted
- D
Compare the system with less intrusive alternatives while assessing safety, privacy, false matches, and due process
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Written response
1 point
Which ethical framework evaluates an action primarily by duties, rights, and principles rather than by consequences alone?
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Written response
1 point
What principle asks whether expected benefits justify burdens and whether a less restrictive alternative exists?
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Open ended
1 point
A municipality plans to replace its diesel buses with electric buses. Explain how it should evaluate the proposal as an environmental-ethics issue before approving it. Address the buses' full life cycle, affected stakeholders, future generations, the distribution of benefits and burdens, and safeguards that could reduce harm.