BEHV 5613: Ethics Exam Study Guide.
Ends Based Thinking - answer- utilitarianism, do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest
number; result of action; consequentialism
Rule Based Thinking - answerdeontological, become universal law; categorical imperative
Issues with: Context Matte...
Ends Based Thinking - answer✔- utilitarianism, do whatever produces the greatest good for the greatest
number; result of action; consequentialism
Rule Based Thinking - answer✔deontological, become universal law; categorical imperative
Issues with: Context Matters and 2+ rules conflict, person unable to do both options
Care Based Thinking - answer✔golden rule, do what you want others to do to you; criterion of
reversibility
Benefits of recognizing Paradigms - answer✔helps get through confusion, reduced to common patterns,
strip away extraneous detail, seperate right-v-right and rght-v-wrong
Ways to be Wrong - answer✔Violation of law, departure from truth, deviation from moral rectitude
Pre-Conventional Stage of Moral Judgement - answer✔1-fear of punishment/authority
Law - answer✔society comes together on moral agreement stating this ethical behavior should be
mandated
Golden Mean - answer✔Aristotle's term for describing ethical behavior as a midpoint between
extremes; aurea mediocritas
Ethics as measure of national strength - answer✔lies in site of ethical middle domain, states are doomed
by lack of trust, national greatness is measure by inner restraint, moderation of desires, modesty in
approach
Effective Code of Ethics - answer✔brief, not usually explanatory, expressing in a number of formats,
centers on moral values
Moral Relativism - answer✔ethics is relative, situational, subjective, negotiable
situation ethics - answer✔anything and everything is right/wrong considering the situation
Moral Person - answer✔helps others, goodness is service, meetings ones obligations and responsibility
to others without sacrificing one self
Resolution of Dilemmas - answer✔depend on the knowledge we have
accurate - answer✔does not occur when things did not happen
complete - answer✔does not occur when we deliver partial accounts
relevant - answer✔does not occur when obscure, important truth with other truths
Good Community - answer✔finds balance in individuality and group obligation
Individual v Community - answer✔requires to count space or scale
Short term v Long term - answer✔requires ability to measure time; across community involves
economic and environment concerns
Justice v Mercy - answer✔greeatest emphasis on order, organization, and holeness
Potter Box - answer✔Systematic method of ethical decision-making; assess the situation, determine the
values, adduce the relevant principles
Trilemma - answer✔middle ground, third way to resolve a dilemma
Legal test - answer✔does it break the law?
Regulation test - answer✔Does it break any principles?
Stench Test - answer✔gut feelings
Front of the Pate Test - answer✔How would you feel if it was in the news
Mom test - answer✔If I were my mom, would I do this?
Exceptions for Ethical Decision Making - answer✔Finality
Centrality
Compassion
Finality - answer✔if death is an option, everything else does not matter
Centrality - answer✔What it means to be human, takes precedence; respect for life
Compassion - answer✔Right to exist; chastity, childbearing, broader community
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