NURS-231 Review Exam 1

Is the following statement an example of embedded or deliberative ethics:

"I just believe that genetic engineering is wrong. I've always been taught that we can't play God and that's what genetic engineering does."

• Embedded ethics

• Deliberative ethics

Is the following statement an example of embedded or deliberative ethics:

"Genetic engineering is wrong because it is unsafe and we don't know the long-term consequences. I've thought about this a lot: it's prideful for humans to think they can change human nature."

• Embedded ethics

• Deliberative ethics

The following statement is an example of which theological moral value:

"It doesn't matter that he's a convict. We have to treat him with dignity because he is someone with inherent worth."

• Image of God

• Salvation

• Love

• Shalom

Which theological moral value does the following statement match:

"Our code of ethics says that we're supposed to extend justice to the natural world. Doing so is how we bring about flourishing, not just for humans but for everything."

• Love

• Shalom

• Image of God

• Bible

As a source of Christian ethics, reason includes what fields of inquiry?

• The Bible & biblical studies

• The experience of the community

• Theology, philosophy, & science

• Personal moral beliefs

True or False:

When we read the Bible we need to be aware of what we bring to the text, our hurts, vested interests, cultural background, & convictions.

• True

• False

The following is a definition of what word:

"the study or examination of morality through a variety of different approaches"

• Ethics

• Philosophy

• Morality

• Philology

Thinking clearly, coherently, & consistently is a description of what concept?

• Moral Character

• Moral Perception

• Moral Reason

• Moral Ethics

One's habits, dispositions, and tendencies to act is a description of what concept?

• Moral Perception

• Moral Character

• Moral Reason

• Moral Ethics

The ability to discern morally relevant details in complex scenarios is a description of what concept?

• Moral Perception

• Moral Reason

• Moral Character

• Moral Ethics