If the virtue is COURAGE and the deficiency is COWARDICE, what is the excess? Qu
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If the virtue is COURAGE and the deficiency is COWARDICE, what is the excess?
Question 1.1. (TCOs 2, 4, 5, 6) The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be always prohibited reflects what type of ethics?(Points : 5) Aristotle's Doctrine of the MeanKant's Categorical Imperative in the 1st Formulation)
Hobbes' concept of the State of Nature
Thomas Aquinas' concept of Natural Law
Bentham's principle of pleasure and pain Question 2.2. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) What is the moral ideal of gratitude? (Points : 5) Obligation of response to those who have shown kindness
Repayment for an act of kindness
Appreciation or thanks for acts of generosity
One's debts for all that one has received
A reciprocity among people of good will Question 3.3. (TCOs 1, 2) One of the common errors in Ethics is that of the hasty conclusions. Hasty conclusions consist of what? (Points : 5) Rushed work under pressure
Comparing unknown cases to known ones to find precedents
Embracing conclusions before examining cases fully
Judging cases by the source of their origin
Belief that first impressions are valid until challenged Question 4.4. (TCO 2) Prescriptive language is commonly used in ethics for what reason? (Points : 5) To indicate what is prohibited or impossible
To indicate that one choice is better than others
To show what actions are legal
To convey requirements and obligations
To indicate that there are really no choices available Question 5.5. (TCOs 7, 8) Each person ought to do whatever will best promote his or her own interests. (Points : 5) Utilitarianism
Kant's Categorical Imperative
Social Contract Theory
Ethical Egoism
Gilligan Question 6.6. (TCOs 2, 4, 9) Free people are motivated toward forming social structures according to a social contract in order to overcome what problem identified by Thomas Hobbes? (Points : 5) The need to overcome disagreements
A perpetual state of warfare
The establishment of a monarchy
Taxation to support the costs of government
Organized ways to select leaders Question 7.7. (TCOs 3, 6) Agricultural biofuels are not properly a renewable source of energy in the environmental ethics debate. Which of the following also is not a renewable source of energy? (Points : 5) Windmill turbines
Hydroelectric power
Tidal flow generators
Biomass waste systems
Solar cells Question 8.8. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) Where in our course does the following phrase apply: “The only thing good without qualification is a good will”? (Points : 5) Personal habits of excellence according to Plato
The social contract according to Locke
Deontological ethics according to Mill
Natural law ethics according to Aquinas
Deontological ethics according to Kant Question 9.9. (TCOs 8, 9) John Stuart Mill's theory of Utilitarianism is the most common form of ethics in use today. It is used so commonly because it belongs to which of the Primary Schools of Ethics? (Points : 5) Care-based
Ends-based
Economy-based
Law-based
Efficiency-based Question 10.10. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) Syllogisms in formal deductive logic are called "valid" when: (Points : 5) the correct form of the syllogism style is used.
the premise statements are true.
the syllogism is first determined to be "sound."
the verbs are written in present tense.
the conclusion proceeds from the premises. Question 11.11. (TCOs 1, 2) Different from normal problem solving, dilemmas are different in what aspect? (Points : 5) Problems are much more complicated
When one choice is chosen, the opportunity for the others is lost
Problems are much more urgent
Problems are so much more real and less theoretical
Problems usually involve not honoring our own virtues Question 12.12. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) According to Thomas Aquinas, what ethical capacity do people of every culture naturally possess? (Points : 5) Logical thinking
Personal virtues
Self-interest
Ability to learn lessons
Conscience Question 13.13. (TCOs 2, 8) The single criterion for making decisions in objectivist ethics is what? (Points : 5) Professional development
Personal self-interest
The physical environment
Financial gain
The close group of family and friends who will be impacted Question 14.14. (TCOs 1, 2, 5) Thomas Hobbes' term for the tendency of life in society to be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short" was called what?(Points : 5) Uncivilized
Survival of the fittest
Pre-historic
The state of nature
The veil of ignorance Question 15.15. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) Which school of ethics is primarily applied as a practical matter through rights and duties? (Points : 5) Objectivism
Normative ethics
Consequentialist ethics
Deontological ethics
Interdisciplinary ethics Question 16.16. (TCOs 2, 7, 8) Personal development and discovery through the repetition of good acts and study of virtue characterizes what ethicist?(Points : 5) Plato
Aristotle
Luther
Augustine
Socrates Question 17.17. (TCOs 2, 8) Professional societies with codes of ethics and conduct enforce what standard on members beyond the paying of dues?(Points : 5) Not to engage in other businesses for profit outside of the profession
Personal standards of behavior for family members
Pricing structures for services
Non-competition among members
Meeting ethical and competency standards in order to practice within a jurisdiction Question 18.18. (TCOs 2, 7) Aristotle's Ethical Doctrine of the Mean measured personal virtues on a scale that included the virtue itself, the excess of it, and the deficiency of it.
If the virtue is COURAGE and the deficiency is COWARDICE, what is the excess?
(Points : 5) WisdomModeration
There is no excess
Recklessness
Love Question 19.19. (TCOs 8, 9) Processes and systems designed to slow down disagreeing behavior and think situations through more deliberately are called(Points : 5) value clarification processes.
conflict resolution systems.
objectivist tactics.
primary schools of ethics.
care-based ethics. Question 20.20. (TCOs 1, 2) The Latin term a priori describes the origin of knowledge developed rationally, and the term a posteriori describes knowledge developed through observation and experience. What is an example of ethics is best described as discovered in an a postiorimanner? (Points : 5) Social ethics
Care-based ethics
Consequentialist ethics
Theological ethics
Operational ethics
Explanation / Answer
Ethics are the moral principles that govern the behavior of the people. The idea of suicide for ill patients is prohibited according to Aristotle's concept of Virtue. Therefore first option is correct.