BUS 309 Week 2 Quiz

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1. Which of the following characteristics distinguishes moral standards from other sorts

of standards?

a. moral standards are purely optional

b. moral standards take priority over other

standards, including self-interest

c. moral standards cannot be justified by

reasons

d. moral standards must be set or validated

by some authoritative body

2. hoose the statement that gives the most accurate description of eti!uette"

a. the rules of eti!uette are a fundamental branch of morality

b. conformity with the rules of eti!uette is

sufficient for moral conduct

c. eti!uette refers to a special code of social

behavior or courtesy

d. the rules of eti!uette are backed by

statutory law

#. $ur relationship with the law is best described by which of the following?

a. %o a significant e&tent, law codifies a

society's customs, norms, and moral

values.

b. %he law is a completely ade!uate guide to

the moral standards that we should follow.

c. %he law makes all immoral conduct

illegal.

d. (iolating the law is always immoral.

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). Which of the following is not one of the four basic kinds of law?

a. statutes b. constitut

ional

law

c. common

law

d. contract

ual law

*. + proper perspective of religion and morality is

a. only religion can tell us what is right and

wrong

b. it's not true that morality must be based on

religion

c. religion never influences people's moral

beliefs

d. without religion, people wouldn't have a

reason to act morally

. When religion and morality are considered,

a. the moral instructions of the world's great

religions are often general and imprecise.

b. most people act rightly only because their

religion tells them to.

c. atheists are likely to be less moral than

religious people.

d. in practice, people who share a religion

will agree on all moral !uestions.

. %he divine command theory implies that

a. od commands us to do whatever our

reason tells us is right.

b. od forbids stealing because stealing is

wrong.

c. od leaves right and wrong up to us.

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d. stealing is wrong only because od

commands us not to steal.

/. 0thical relativism supports the theory that

a. what is morally right is what society says

is morally right.

b. there are no moral values whatsoever.

c. morality is relative to the goal of

promoting human well-being.

d. different societies have different ideas

about right and wrong.

. When ethical relativism is put into practice, it implies that

a. societies never share any moral values in

common.

b. in ethics, sometimes the minority is right.

c. we cannot say that slavery is wrong if the

society in !uestion believes it is right.

d. as societies evolve, their morality

improves.

1. +ccepting a moral principle

a. is a purely intellectual act like accepting a

scientific hypothesis.

b. generally involves a desire to follow that

principle for its own sake.

c. means you will never go against that

principle.

d. is a religiously based act of faith.

11. %he e&ample of 3uckleberry 4inn shows

a. one should always obey one's conscience.

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b. when in doubt, one should ignore one's

conscience.

c. we shouldn't rely uncritically on what our

conscience says.

d. unlike most people, 3uckleberry 4innlacked a conscience.

12. 5orality and self-interest

a. can sometimes

conflict.

c. can never come into

genuine conflict.

b. boil down to the

same thing.

d. are in basic,

irreconcilable

conflict.

1#. 3ow did +ristotle view morality?

a. 6t's necessary for us to try to be virtuous or

e&cellent human beings.

b. 5oral judgments are true because od

commands them of us.c. 5oral judgments are determined

differently by each culture.

d. 6t's never right to help ourselves when we

can help other people instead.

1). %he code or principles of conduct that a person accepts

a. constitute the whole of his or her morality.

b. can be distinguished from the person's

morality in a broader sense that includes

his or her values, ideals, and aspirations.

c. rarely guide his or her conduct in practice.

d. are always attained from his or her

religion.

1*. %he famous e&periments by social psychologist 7olomon +sch show

a. the truth of utilitarianism.

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b. the power of peer pressure has been

greatly e&aggerated.

c. business organi8ations put more pressure

on individual integrity than do other kinds

of organi8ation.d. even temporary groups can pressure

people to conform.

1. %he authors use the murder of 9itty enovese to illustrate

a. ethical relativism. c. groupthink.

b. bystander apathy. d. the parado& of

hedonism.

1. 6f an argument is valid, then

a. the argument is sound.

b. the argument's conclusion must be true.

c. the argument's premises are true.

d. its conclusion must be true, if its premises

are.

1/. ood moral judgments should be logical and

a. justified by fallacies.

b. proven beyond reasonable doubt.

c. based on facts and acceptable moral

principles.

d. coincide with what most scientificallytrained people think.

1. :hilosophical discussion of moral issues typically involves

a. the revision and modification of

arguments.

b. proof beyond a reasonable doubt.

c. circular reasoning.

d. determining what the majority thinks.

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2. %he following is a logical fact.

a. +ll valid ar guments are sound arguments.

b. +ll sound arguments are valid arguments.

c. + sound argument may have a false

conclusion.

d. + sound argument may have a false

premise.

21. hoose the statement that is a true reflection of moral behavior.

a. onscience is a perfectly reliable guide

for moral behavior.

b. :eer pressure has no effect on whether or

not people behave morally.

c. ;ystander apathy appears to result in part

from diffusion of responsibility.

d. +ll moral behavior is motivated from

religious faith.

22. What criteria concerning moral judgments should we agree with?

a. +s long as your conduct is legal, then it

will be moral.

b. 6f you follow the rules of eti!uette, your

conduct will be moral.

c. 5oral standards typically concern

behavior that can be of serious

conse!uence to human welfare.d. 6f your conduct follows the guidelines of

professional codes of ethics, it will be

moral.

2#. Which statement is true concerning moral principles and self interests?

a. 7tatutes are laws applied in the 0nglish-

speaking world before there were anycommon laws.

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b. :hilosophers agree that morality is based

on the commands of od.

c. <roupthink< is a positive and necessary

characteristic of all groups.

d. 5orality serves to restrain our purely self-interested desires so that we can all live

together.

2). Which of the following is an accurate statement?

a. %here is a complete list of ade!uacy

criteria for moral judgments that

philosophers all agree on.

b. :rofessional codes are the rules that are

supposed to govern the conduct of

members of a given profession.

c. :rofessional codes of ethics provide a

complete and reliable guide to one's moral

obligations.

d. :eople who are e&clusively concerned

with their own interests tend to have

happier and more satisfying lives thanthose whose desires e&tend beyond

themselves.

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1. 6n business and elsewhere, an action can be legal and morally wrong.

2. 4or philosophers, the important !uestion is not how we come to have the particular

moral principles we have, but whether we can justify them.

#. $rgani8ational norms always and inevitably lead to groupthink.

). 0nron e&ecutives acted wrongly simply because they broke the law.

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*. 6f you do the right thing only because you think you will profit from it, then you are

truly motivated by moral concerns.

. 0thical relativism is the theory that what is right is determined by what a culture or

society says is right.

. 6f your conduct is legal, it will also be moral.

/. +n organi8ation is a group of people working together to achieve a common purpose.

. 5oral standards concern behavior that can be of serious conse!uence to human

welfare.

1. =ules of eti!uette are always moral rules.

11. +n individual does not have to follow the code of one's profession.

12. ;ystander apathy appears to result in part from diffusion of responsibility.

1#. 5ost people don't distinguish between a person's <morals< and his or her <ethics.<

1). ;usiness ethics is the study of what constitutes right and wrong, or good and bad,

human conduct in a business conte&t.

1*. <0ti!uette< designates a special realm of morality.

1. %here are four basic kinds of law" statutes, regulations, common law, andconstitutional law.

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1. 6n theory and practice, law codifies customs, ideals, beliefs, and a society's moral

values.

1/. +ccording to divine command theory, if something is wrong, then the only reason it is

wrong is that od commands us not to do it.

1. $ur conscience evolved as we internali8ed the moral instructions of the parents or

other authority figures who raised us as children.

2. %he parado& of hedonism >or the parado& of selfishness is that people who are

e&clusively concerned with their own interests tend to have happier and more

satisfying lives than those who are concerned about other people.

21. 6n a broad sense morality is the moral code of an individual or of a society >insofar as

the moral codes of the individuals making up that society overlap.

22. $ne of the major characteristics of an organi8ation is the shared acceptance of

organi8ational rules by its members.

2#. +n argument is a group of statements, one of which is claimed to follow from the

others.

2). +n argument is valid only if all its premises are true.

2*. +ccording to %om =egan, our considered moral beliefs are those we hold only after

we have made a conscientious effort >a to attain ma&imum conceptual clarity, >b to

ac!uire all relevant information, >c to think about the belief and its implications

rationally, >d impartially, and with the benefit of reflection, >e coolly.

S4- A.SW14

1. What is the divine command theory?

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2. What is meant by <diffusion of responsibility<?

#. 7ome philosophers distinguish between morality in a broad sense and morality in a

narrow sense. What is this difference?

1SSA6

1. 3ow do we develop our ethics? What are the primary sources for us to develop our

ethical position?

2. 6f religion isn't needed for morality, then how can we know which moral judgments

are best?

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