Module 2 Practice Quiz

Ideas that are implied in statements are _____________.

Select all of the statements that are false.

• The process of choosing the most important values in an issue is known as value prioritization.

• Assumptions are beliefs that are usually stated.

• Value conflicts are disagreements about the priority different values should hold in making decisions.

• Assumptions are ideas we never take for granted.

Select the common rationalization that fits the following definition:

This rationalization is based on the false assumption that deceit, lying, promise-breaking, and other similar actions are justified if they are the same sort engaged in by those you are dealing with.

• “If it’s legal and permissible, it’s proper.”

• “It can’t be wrong; everyone’s doing it.”

• “I’m just fighting fire with fire.”

• “I’ve got it coming.”

Select the common rationalization that fits the following definition:

This rationalization works on the assumption that if there is no clear and immediate harm to others, then the action must not be wrong.

• “It’s O.K. if I don’t gain personally.”

• “If it’s necessary, it is ethical.”

• “It doesn’t hurt anyone.”

• “I was just doing it for you.”

__________ are statements given to support conclusions.

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Value conflicts are disagreements about the priority different ___________should hold in making decisions

Select all that are examples of the ethical standards test?

• Universal Consequences Test

• New Means Deviation Test

• Higher Principle Test

• Honors and Rights Test.

• Role Exchange Test

Select the correct ethical standards test that the person used as they explain their actions to the following scenario: Your roommate, spouse, or child asks you to tell callers he or she isn’t home, when he actually is home.

Explanation: “I would think about the consequences if everyone did what my roommate, spouse, or child was asking me to do. If it became common practice for people to lie about who is home, I think that could make lying in general more acceptable, and that would be a bad thing.”

• Universal Consequences Test:

• Higher Principle Test

• Rationalization Test

• Social Order Test

Could you do the following Task:

Considering the four ethical tests, choose one test and apply it to the following situation: your roommate, spouse, or child asks you to tell callers he or she isn’t home, when he actually is home. Describe the test you are applying to the situation and document your analysis of the application here:

• Yes, I can do it with no problem. I know the four types of ethical test and give an example of each.

• I maybe able to give examples for 2 of the 4 ethical test.

• No, I need to study the examples of the ethical test on pages 50-51.