Unit 1

Question 1

Branch of philosophy that addresses methods for determining the rightness or wrongness of ones actions

Answer 1

Ethics

Question 2

Conduct that results from serious critical thinking about how individuals ought to treat each other

Answer 2

Moral Behavior

Question 3

Personal beliefs about what is important or desirable

Answer 3

Values

Question 4

Expectations to which an individual is entitled

Answer 4

Rights

Question 5

Based on the premise that what is right and good is that which produces the most happiness for the most people

Answer 5

Utilitarianism

Question 6

Suggests that actions are bound by a sense of duty and that ethical decisions are made out of respect for moral law

Answer 6

Kantianism

Question 7

All decisions about right and wrong should be centered in love for God and in treating other with the same respect and dignity with which we would expect to be treated

Answer 7

Christian Ethics

Question 8

Do good and avoid evil

Answer 8

Precept of the natural law

Question 9

Espouses what is right and good is what is best for the individual making the decision

Answer 9

Ethical Egoism

Question 10

Autonomy, Beneficence, Nonmaleficence, Veracity, and Justice

Answer 10

Ethical Principles

Question 11

Situation that requires an individual to decide between 2 equally unfavorable alternatives

Answer 11

Ethical Dilemma