Chapter 2 Homework questions: BUL5810
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
If an African culture and an Eastern Asian culture differ as to the morality of a particular action,
under ethical relativism:
a. both cultures are incorrect.
b. the action should be assessed to determine whether the action produces more net pleasure
compared with net pain.
c. a cost-benefit analysis should be conducted to determine the relative economic efficiency of
the action.
d. both actions would be viewed as ethical. - answer✔✔D
Which of the following best describes the social egalitarian ethics theory?
a. Social egalitarians believe that society should provide each person with equal amounts of good
and services regardless of the contribution each makes to increase society's wealth.
b. Social egalitarians support rules that, on balance, produce the greatest pleasure for society.
c. Social egalitarians believe a rational person possesses inherent power to assess the correctness
of actions.
d. Social egalitarians believe individuals should seek out and emulate good role models. -
answer✔✔A
The chief criticism of utilitarianism is that it:
a. only measures monetary gains and losses in making business decisions.
b. compares direct and indirect costs and benefits of program alternatives for meeting a specific
goal.
c. in some instances ignores justice.
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d. emphasizes justice and a central moral authority. - answer✔✔C
Which of the following is NOT a stage in Kohlberg's Theory of MoraL Development?
a. Intuitionism.
b. Preconventional.
c. Conventional.
d. Postconventional. - answer✔✔A
An ethical decision-making approach that asserts that actions must be judged by what individuals
feel is right or wrong for themselves, is:
a. ethical fundamentalism.
b. ethical relativism.
c. rule utilitarianism.
d. act utilitarianism. - answer✔✔B
How are fiduciary responsibilities defined?
a. Utmost loyalty and good faith.
b. Unlawful constraint exercised upon a person.
c. Intentional fabrication of a document.
d. Intentional misrepresentation of facts in order to cheat another. - answer✔✔A
Kant's categorical imperative proposes that:
a. the good and evil should be assessed in terms of the consequences of actions.
b. if individuals wish to act morally, they should seek out and emulate those who always seem to
know the right choices.
c. the "veil of ignorance" should be developed to consider the needs and rights of all society's
members.
d. moral actions must potentially be a universal law that could be applied consistently and must
respect the autonomy of all human beings and not treat them as an expedient. - answer✔✔D