Ethics in Criminal Justice Lesson 3 Exam 3 100/100% Correct
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Which of the following positions holds that moral beliefs vary from person to person, and that one person's beliefs
and practices cannot be said to be more right (or wrong) that any other person's?
Question options: (Answer Page 64)
Relativism
Pluralism
The princip...
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Ethics in Criminal Justice Lesson 3 Exam 3 100/100% Correct
Question 1 points
Which of the following positions holds that moral beliefs vary from person to person, and that one person's beliefs
and practices cannot be said to be more right (or wrong) that any other person's?
Question options: (Answer Page 64)
Relativism
Pluralism
The principle of understanding
Individualism
Question 2 points
Which of the following positions holds that there are eternal, unchanging moral laws that apply to all people,
everywhere?
Question options: (Answer Page 65)
Ethical universalism
Cultural relativism
Descriptive relativism
The principle of "standing up against evil"
Question 3 points
Which of the following, derived from John Stuart Mill, suggests that governments can legitimately create and
impose laws only where it is necessary to prevent people from harming others?
Question options: (Answer Page 78)
The harm principle
Paternalism
The principle of victimless crime
The no-cause principle
Question 4 points
Advocates of which of the following often appeal to the harm principle to support their position?
Question options: (Answer Page 79)
Death penalty
Decriminalization of victimless crimes
Mandatory minimum sentencing
Three-strikes laws
Question 5 points
Which of the following might help us develop open-mindedness and the virtue of tolerance?
Question options: (Answer Pages74-75)
Recognizing that people have free will
Recognizing that moral norms can and often do vary by time and place
Developing our own sense of egoism
All of the above
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, Question 6 points
When we are committed unquestioningly and with absolute certainty to a belief or beliefs, we are guilty of:
Question options: (Answer Page 75)
psychological egoism.
normative relativism.
an imbalanced soul.
dogmatism.
Question 7 points
Moral relativism is the idea that:
Question options: (Answer Page 64)
everything we do is motivated by self-interest.
every event has a cause.
morality is absolute because it is based in human nature.
morality varies from culture to culture and time period to time period.
Question 8 points
When we claim that certain moral values or principles (e.g., do not steal) apply or should apply to all people,
everywhere, we are saying that some values or principles are:
Question options: (Answer Page 65)
descriptive.
relative.
universal.
pragmatic.
Question 9 points
Planned, premeditated killings of family members whose behavior is judged to have brought shame or dishonor to
the family are referred to as:
Question options: (Answer page 63)
retaliatory familicide.
blood feuds.
mala in se.
honor killings.
Question 10 points
The Comstock Act:
Question options: (Answer Page 77)
defined contraceptives as obscene and regulated their distribution.
defined blood feuds as hate crimes.
legalized prostitution in certain counties in Nevada.
mandated the civil commitment of dangerous offenders.
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