Unit 4: Optional theme — Ethics
Topic 4.3: Applied ethics Questions
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True or false? Because no single theory gives the right answer in every case, good applied ethics weighs the theories against the actual case.
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On the euthanasia case, a DUTY theorist (Kant) tends to ask:
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Fill the gap: The stakeholder view attacks Friedman by showing that 'legal' isn't the same as ______.
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What ties biomedical, business and distribution-of-wealth ethics together?
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True or false? The serious objection to Singer is that distant strangers don't matter morally at all.
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In a Section B essay 'Evaluate the claim that…', the strongest answers:
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Fill the gap: In most biomedical debates the hidden hinge is ______ — whether a being counts morally, and how much.
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True or false? For Friedman, being 'socially responsible' with company money really means giving away money that isn't the manager's to give.
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Singer's drowning-child case is meant to show that:
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When the moral theories conflict on a case, good applied ethics:
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The central question in 'distribution of wealth' is whether helping the distant poor is:
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Why can one biomedical case get three different answers?
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The 'profit vs responsibility' tension in business ethics is between:
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On the euthanasia case, a CONSEQUENCE theorist mainly asks:
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Biomedical ethics is best described as:
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Friedman's core reason for 'profit only' is that:
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Friedman argues that a company's only social responsibility is to:
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