Bioethics Lesson 1 Review

Following rules of conduct whether anyone else notices or not means a person is being

• ethical

• values-driven

• selfish

• political

Who write the tale "The Ring of Gyges"?

• Aristotle

• Plato

• Anaximander

• JRR Tolkien

People who gain power without accountability are liable to use it unjustly.

• True

• False

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What power did the Ring of Gyges confer on its wearer?

• invisibility

• eternal life

• infinite riches

• mind-control

Which of the following can be used to measure the quality of a person's life, according to Aristotle?

• their skill and strength in reasoning

• their actions result from proper reasoning

• they engage in actions that are good and noble

• they do their best in all things

Aristotle's philosophy can be best described as

• virtue ethics

• utilitarianism

• reversibility

• duty ethics

According to Aristotle, that characteristic that brings us closer to the potentially perfect being we have within us is called

• virtue

• vice

• character

• values

According to Aristotle, acting ethically is the right thing to do because acting with virtue will

• bring you happiness

• produce justice

• always be legal

• do the least harm

Utilitarianism is based on which principle?

• greatest happiness

• nonmaleficence

• universal law

• ethics

Kant was less concerned with looking at consequences and more concerned with considering

• what is the rationally "right" thing

• what will bring the most happiness

• the most serious of the problems

• lifelong happiness