Deck 3: Ethical Theories

Question 1

What is Kant's categorical imperative? Explain its two formulations.

Answer 1

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Question 2

Virtue ethics defines a moral action as that which____________.

A) a wise person would do
B) leads to the most virtue overall
C) is done with the most virtuous intentions
D) is done according to the proper rules

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Describe how rights and justice can be explained in terms of one another.

Answer 3

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Question 4

A drawback to theorizing about business ethics in terms of rights is that____________.

A) not everyone has rights
B) people's rights may conflict
C) it is hard to draw the line between different types of rights
D) conceptions of rights differ between cultures

Question 5

What is the most fundamental drawback of having cost-benefit analyses serve as the basis for ethical decisions in business?

A) Some things do not really have value.
B) A determinate value must be placed on things that have incalculable value.
C) Cost-benefit analyses are time-consuming and require specialized skill.
D) Cost-benefit analyses require a commitment to consequentialism.

Question 6

A "maxim," according to Kant's terminology, is____________.

A) the outcome of an action
B) the reason that one undertakes an action
C) the moral principle that one has in mind
D) that which would make an action moral

Question 7

In what ways is the need to calculate utility a problem for utilitarianism?

Question 8

Kant's rule requiring respect for persons asks that we____________.

A) not use people as means to an end
B) view each person as a moral agent
C) view each person as an end unto himself
D) only use another person if we have sufficient reason for doing so

Question 9

Rule utilitarianism favors rules that____________.

A) always benefit the most people
B) everyone agrees with
C) utilitarians think are good rules
D) would maximize goodness if everyone followed them

Question 10

What does the P&G case show about the applicability of ethics to business?

A) When a company makes unethical decisions, it is usually breaking the law.
B) Ethics in business applies differently from how it does in the rest of the world.
C) A company's behavior many be unethical even if no harm is done.
D) A company's ethical decisions should always affect its bottom line.

Question 11

Teleological theories of ethics locate goodness in____________.

A) the outcome of actions
B) the intentions of the agent
C) the obligations of people to each other
D) the maximization of economic opportunity

Question 12

The notion of justice is most basically concerned with____________.

A) fairness
B) equality
C) rights
D) economics