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WorksheetsEthics and the law
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 13mins
______ involves the values that govern a society’s attitude toward right and wrong.
Morality
Justice
Ethics
Integrity
______ are the means for determining what a society’s values ought to be.
Morality
Ethics
Integrity
Justice
The heart of the Golden Rule is ______ , which means putting yourself in another person’s position.
compassion
honesty
empathy
integrity
Some people see the ______ principle as a natural way to make ethical decisions.
golden rule
greatest good
...if ethics are just a matter of _____ or _____ , then no one can ever do anything that is wrong.
morality
opinion
feelings
justice
______ allows a person to be open and truthful with other people.
Integrity
Compassion
Justice
Honesty
Peer mediation is when ______ help decide disputes.
students
teachers
parents
friends
It's not _____ to be a peer mediator because they have to make complicated decisions.
fun
easy
difficult
ethical
It's not easy to make fair decisions when dealing with _____ or _______ .
friends
family
classmates
colleagues
Which of the following is NOT one of the different methods that individuals use to choose the right thing to do?
follow their friends
do as parents taught them
professional codes of conduct
religious teachings
_______ involves the values that govern a society’s attitude toward right and wrong
morality
ethics
______ involves the means for determining what a society’s values ought to be.
ethics
morality
______ and ______ can change depending on a person’s
feelings and opinions
morality
ethics
right
wrong
Some people see a problem with ethics being a matter of feelings and _______ no one can ever do anything that is wrong
right
values
opinion
morality
Because people live and ____ together in _____, every action has the potential to _____ other people.
work
society
help
affect
The U.S. was founded on the tradition of _______.
tolerance
freedom
trade
ethics
The ______ ______ principle is based on whether an action will create the greatest good for the greatest number of people.
Golden Rule
Greatest Good
According to the Greatest Good principle, the more _______ that results, the more ______ the action.
right
better
good
ethical
Many people prefer the ______ _______ because of its consistency and universal appeal.
Greatest Good
Golden Rule
________ means putting yourself in another person’s position.
sympathy
morality
empathy
Greatest Good
If everyone always made _______ decisions, there be no need for ______.
right
ethical
police
law
______ is needed because people do not always do what they should.
Ethics
Law
Education
Police
The law has the ______ to ______ people or businesses for doing things that are wrong.
right
power
punish
arrest
Law enforces legal rights and duties through:
courts
legislature
regulatory agencies
law enforcement agencies
Law is _______ because it’s made by people.
imperfect
ethical
right
just
Legislators and judges bring their ________ views on ethics and morality to the lawmaking process.
ethical
personal
right
moral
Changes in _________ or social ethics often prompt changes in the law.
societal
behavior
individual
legislature
Having ____ is better than letting each individual set their own rules.
law
ethics
