Ethical Basis For Laws

Question 0

Impartial decision

Answer 0

Same ethical standards are applied to everyone

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

Decided what is right or wrong in a reasoned, impartial manner.
The law and religious texts provide authority
Profit maximization may cause businesses to overlook ethics
Reasoned out by referring to an established authority that provides consistency

Question 2

Consequence-based Ethical Reasoning

Answer 2

Look for alternative ways to alter current situation

Alternative that generates the greatest good

Question 3

Rule-Based Ethical Reasoning

Answer 3

Acts are judged as right or wrong

Authority is frequently a religious source; e.g. Quran/Ten Commandments

Question 4

Universalizing

Answer 4

Picture everyone doing the action then asking would the result be irrational, rational, illogical, or demeaning

Question 5

Ethics in Law

Answer 5

U.S Democracy- representatives must vote for laws that are acceptable to the majority of people they represent.

Constitution- seeks to protect the well-being of minorities that might be taken advantage by the wrong actions of the majority

Question 6

Ethics

Answer 6

Based on consequences
Based on rules
Obligated to obey the law

Question 7

Fidelity bond

Answer 7

Insurance pays the employer money in case of theft by an employee

Question 8

Scofflaws

Answer 8

Persons who do not respect the law and are not deterred by the prospect of being caught or punished

Question 9

Law of personal integrity

Answer 9

Capacity to do what is right in the face of temptation or pressure to do otherwise

Question 10

Civil Disobedience

Answer 10

Open, peaceful, violation of a law to protest its injustice
To make legal system more just
View a written law as being in conflict with ethical reasoning
Does not advance a persons immediate self interest