PHIL 235:BIOMEDICALETHICS exam | 100% correct answers with commentaries
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Course
PHIL 235
Institution
Concordia University (
)
Quiz 1
Question 1:
(1 Point)
What normative ethical position is implicit in the following example of
moral reasoning: “I have just seen my friend steal a loaf of bread, but
looking around I know that I’m the only witness. Actually, I’m pretty
sure that the bread was just about expired t...
Quiz 1
What normative ethical position is implicit in the following example of e.
Question 1:
moral reasoning: “I have just seen my friend steal a loaf of bread, but
looking around I know that I’m the only witness. Actually, I’m pretty
sure that the bread was just about expired too, so it probably would have
been thrown out a few hours later anyways. Even if the store owner
(1 Point)
noticed later, that loss of a single loaf would hardly outweigh my friend
feeding his kids for another day.”
a. Deontology
b. Virtue Ethics
c. Ethics of Care
d. Utilitarianism
The ‘principle of utility’ is best captured by which following phrase? e.
Question 2:
a. In an ethical decision, one should do whatever maximizes their own
happiness.
b. In an ethical decision, one should never focus on the consequences,
(1 Point) but only on what is ‘right’ and ‘wrong’.
c. In an ethical decision, one should always do what is most useful,
hence the word ‘utility’.
d. In an ethical decision, one should maximize overall happiness.
“In this course, a ‘negative right’ is when someone had a right but then
Question 3:
had that right taken away from them. Like when you break the law and
are sent to jail.”
(1 Points)
True
False
“For John Stuart Mill, there is no need to discuss the ‘quality’ of
Question 4:
pleasure, since utilitarianism is all about the ‘quantity’ of pleasure.”
True
(1 Points)
False
Which of the Health-Care Professional – Patient relationship models
Question 5:
discussed in this course is reflected in the following passage: “Whenever
, I go to my doctor, I expect that they will give me all of the information
and leave the decision up to me. After all, it is my body and my health at
(1 Point) stake.”
a. The agency model.
b. The paternalistic model.
c. The contractual model.
d. The friendship model.
e. The fiduciary model.
According to Kant: e.
Question 6:
a. some things are the “right” thing to do regardless of the consequence.
b. he calls the principle “some things are ‘right’ regardless of the
consequences” his “hypothetical imperative.”
(1 Point) c. when the bad outcomes “over-ride” the ethical duties, that is what he
means by “imperfect duties”
d. happiness is like a fragile bird: at best fleeting, at worst illusory.
In Biomedical Ethics, professional ‘codes of ethics’: e.
Question 7:
a. are modelled on the “fiduciary” model of the HCP-Patient
relationship.
b. are the final word, since in most situations there is not enough time to
(1 Point) think about what Kant or Aristotle would do.
c. must be considered the final word, because without the codes the
health care professionals would not have their medical licences.
d. are themselves open to ethical critique, and should not always be the
final word.
In the Ethics of Care, feminist philosophers have argued that: e.
Question 8:
a. the “care perspective” is more important than the “justice
perspective”.
b. all men focus on justice, and all women focus on care, and thus there
(1 Point) has to be a new type of ethics exclusively for women.
c. there are at least two perspectives on moral situations, and men and
women can adopt either perspective. Thus, any justifiable moral theory
should be able to account for both.
d. in the context of oppression, there is no room for ethics at all.
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